What is the use of Still executing

[motto]

Hi,<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;When do we use the Still executing option in the<br>Do while loop.What is the use of this option.<br>Could somebody give some example on this.<br><br><br>Many thanks for the help<br><br>Motto

 

[MikeLacey]

You mean with the FTP control I think.<br><br>You need to use this because the MS FTP control works in the background - but can only do one thing at once.<br><br>So. If you <b>get</b> a file the next line of your code executes before the file transfer has finished - possibly several minutes before if it's a large file.<br><br>If you try to do another <b>get</b> before the first one has completed the control will fail -- so you need to check .StillExecuting before you do that.<br><br>The easiest way to do this is:<br><br>While MSFtp1.StillExcuting<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DoEvents<br>Wend<br><br> <p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href=

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