timer not firing during busy recursive function 1

[g33man]

I have a sub that recurses a directory structure (using GetFiles and GetDirectories). My form has a label to provide progress feedback. I have a Timer which fires every 1000 msecs, puts the current time (in seconds) in the label, and calls label1.update(). The label updates every second as expected, but as soon as the recursive sub starts, the label freezes until the sub completes. The sub takes about 8 seconds to complete. When the sub returns, the label resumes its update every second. My gut instinct is that the app is so busy recursing my directory that it is unable to service the timer. Suggestions?

Thanks

 

[jebenson]

Try putting a call to Application.DoEvents in the recursive sub and in the timer's Tick event handler.

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[g33man]

Application.DoEvents() at the start of my sub solved this.
Thanks!