MsgBox to display while processing

Hopefully there is a simple solution to my dilemma. I have a script as
follows:

1. A MsgBox is displayed to ask user if they want to proceed.
2. After they click Yes, the MsgBox disappears and the script begins
processing.
3. Processing takes about 30 seconds to complete.
4. After the processing has completed, a MsgBox is displayed to inform the
user the process has completed.

I'd like to have a MsgBox display during the 30 seconds of processing to
tell the user to "Please wait." I don't need a progress bar or anything
fancy like that - just a simple message so the user doesn't think the script
has hung.

Is this possible?

Thanks!

Torgeir
Sun Mar 13 11:31:47 CST 2005

D.P. Roberts wrote:

> Hopefully there is a simple solution to my dilemma. I have a script as
> follows:
>
> 1. A MsgBox is displayed to ask user if they want to proceed.
> 2. After they click Yes, the MsgBox disappears and the script begins
> processing.
> 3. Processing takes about 30 seconds to complete.
> 4. After the processing has completed, a MsgBox is displayed to inform the
> user the process has completed.
>
> I'd like to have a MsgBox display during the 30 seconds of processing to
> tell the user to "Please wait." I don't need a progress bar or anything
> fancy like that - just a simple message so the user doesn't think the script
> has hung.
>
> Is this possible?
Hi

Here is a couple of alternatives for you:

A)
You can roll your own MsgBox function, using an Internet Explorer
instance from your VBScript.

See e.g. the two MsgBox examples here for a starting point:

T Lavedas' WSH Scripts
http://www.pressroom.com/~tglbatch/wshindex.html

In this link there is a modified version of an example by Joe Earnest
(progress bar is removed), where I use the window to display the
installation progress of some security updates:
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=%23hgK37KoEHA.2764%40TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl

Some more examples without a progress bar but where you can dynamically
put out information about what is going on :
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=3EA302E5.5BAE90EB%40hydro.com


B)
HTA:

You could consider using HTA (HTML Application) instead (*.HTA files
are in a way HTML files hosted by mshta.exe instead of iexplore.exe):

HTML Applications (HTAs)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/hta/hta_node_entry.asp

A couple of HTA examples for you:

http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=%23QAI7UtkAHA.1968%40tkmsftngp04
When running the example in the link above, fill in e.g.
Win32_OperatingSystem in the Enumerate field

http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=%23wIsRfZoCHA.2280%40TK2MSFTNGP12


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

D
Fri Mar 18 13:30:12 CST 2005

I looked at the IE and HTA options, but it appears these are just "dumb"
objects that are displayed for a specified amount of time using the sleep
parameter. Is there no way to make it dynamic so it displays during script
processing and goes away when processing completes?


"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote in message
news:O3hbgK$JFHA.1052@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> D.P. Roberts wrote:
>
>> Hopefully there is a simple solution to my dilemma. I have a script as
>> follows:
>>
>> 1. A MsgBox is displayed to ask user if they want to proceed.
>> 2. After they click Yes, the MsgBox disappears and the script begins
>> processing.
>> 3. Processing takes about 30 seconds to complete.
>> 4. After the processing has completed, a MsgBox is displayed to inform
>> the user the process has completed.
>>
>> I'd like to have a MsgBox display during the 30 seconds of processing to
>> tell the user to "Please wait." I don't need a progress bar or anything
>> fancy like that - just a simple message so the user doesn't think the
>> script has hung.
>>
>> Is this possible?
> Hi
>
> Here is a couple of alternatives for you:
>
> A)
> You can roll your own MsgBox function, using an Internet Explorer
> instance from your VBScript.
>
> See e.g. the two MsgBox examples here for a starting point:
>
> T Lavedas' WSH Scripts
> http://www.pressroom.com/~tglbatch/wshindex.html
>
> In this link there is a modified version of an example by Joe Earnest
> (progress bar is removed), where I use the window to display the
> installation progress of some security updates:
> http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=%23hgK37KoEHA.2764%40TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl
>
> Some more examples without a progress bar but where you can dynamically
> put out information about what is going on :
> http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=3EA302E5.5BAE90EB%40hydro.com
>
>
> B)
> HTA:
>
> You could consider using HTA (HTML Application) instead (*.HTA files
> are in a way HTML files hosted by mshta.exe instead of iexplore.exe):
>
> HTML Applications (HTAs)
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/hta/hta_node_entry.asp
>
> A couple of HTA examples for you:
>
> http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=%23QAI7UtkAHA.1968%40tkmsftngp04
> When running the example in the link above, fill in e.g.
> Win32_OperatingSystem in the Enumerate field
>
> http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=%23wIsRfZoCHA.2280%40TK2MSFTNGP12
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

Torgeir
Fri Mar 18 13:53:58 CST 2005

D.P. Roberts wrote:

> I looked at the IE and HTA options, but it appears these are just
> "dumb" objects that are displayed for a specified amount of time using
> the sleep parameter. Is there no way to make it dynamic so it displays
> during script processing and goes away when processing completes?
Hi

The WScript.Sleep part in those examples are just to create a "demo"
effect. You need to replace the WScript.Sleep with your actual script
statements, this way the script will be dynamically showing messages.

See this example where the objshell.run statements are replaced with
wscript.sleep just for demo dummy operation only, in real life you
remove the wscript.sleep statements and enable the objshell.run
statements:
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=%23hgK37KoEHA.2764%40TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx