Where to place my CWnd::OnTimer(...) call ?

I would say place it in the constructor to the class you expect to process the WM_TIMER messages.  Then, in ClassWizard, add a handler for the WM_TIMER message.
   Oh, using a value under 100 milliseconds for how often you want to receive WM_TIMER messages "appears" to default to a value of 100 (atleast on Windows 95).  Somehow the timeslice value is relevant but I don't know how.
   Glenn

Hi,

R U trying to process one record at a time, whenever a Timer message called?. If yes, what I suggest is, Display a modal dialog box, put the progress bar in it. And InOnitDialog(), Initialise the progress bar, set the range to it, and set the timer using this->SetTimer(1, 10, NULL);. Then map the WM_TIMER message and do the following

.....::OnTimer(...)
{
KillTimer(1);
while(records are there)
{
process the record.
update the progress bar.
continue for the next record.
}
}

That will the required job.

Hope this helps.
VinExpert

Hi bs161900,

Try a ShowWindow( SW_SHOW ) in OnInitDialog before the SetTimer() function (and after the CDialog::OnInitDialog()) to force the dialog being displayed ...

ZOPPO

This is how I did it, without WM_TIMER.

In your CProgressDialog create a function that looks something like this:

void CProgressDialog::SetProgress (int nCurrentPost, int nTotalPosts)
{
float f;
nCurrentPost++;

f = (nCurrentPost / (float)nTotalPosts) * 100;
f = f + (float)0.5;
int nProgress = (int)f;

m_ctrlProgress.SetPos (nProgress);

CString str;
str.Format(_T("Importing post %d of %d"), nCurrentPost, nTotalPosts);
m_ProgressStatic.SetWindowText(str);
}

then in your class where you start to build your table, first create a modeless dialog:
CProgressDialog dlg;
dlg.Create (IDD_PROGRESS_DIALOG);

then call the function SetProgress:

for (int i = 0; i < .......
    dlg.SetProgress (i, nNumberPosts);

When you are done destroy the dialog:
dlg.DestroyWindow ();

That worked for me, perhaps not what you were after....

Good luck....
/joakimf

I learned a lot from this little piece of code. It pushed me in the right direction.

Thanks