Progresss meter or Hourglass

[JPJeffery]

Hello

While a VBScript is working nothing is displayed to screen. Is there a way to change the mousepointer to an hour glass or to display some kind of progress meter which closes by itself when done (rather than demanding an 'OK' from the user)?

Cheers

JJ
[small][purple]Variables won't. Constants aren't[/purple][/small]

 

[country73]

Well first off, what is the script doing?
If your script is running against a list of machines, then you can run your script in "CSCRIPT" mode and echo the machine names as it goes.

 

[JPJeffery]

It's running on one machine (the local host) and pulling off configuration info using WMI (make, model, Gfx card, RAM, CPU etc.). The CPU info in particular seems to take a couple of seconds so it appears that nothing at all is happening...I was hoping to echo some kind of progress to screen without having a Command Prompt running.

JJ
[small][purple]Variables won't. Constants aren't[/purple][/small]

 

[country73]

There's several "progress bars" that people have posted out here; it really depends on what you're looking for.
I ran a search on "Progress Bar" and came across 24 different posts.
Take a look and see if one of them suits your script.

 

[barny2006]

i have a similar problem - need a progress bar.
i did a search in the search box, nothing came up.
in the search box i put progress bar.

 

[PHV]

Try

http://www.tek-tips.com/search.cfm

Hope This Helps, PH.
Want to get great answers to your Tek-Tips questions? Have a look at FAQ219-2884 or FAQ181-2886

 

[country73]

I just ran a search on "Progress Bar" and came across several links.
Here's one that was listed:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=994542

 

[mrmovie]

the IE object refresh page seems the way to go

 

[markdmac]

The solution I posted in this thread was rather popular.
thread329-898604

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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