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Add Progress bar to my Winform (VB.NET 2003)

Hi Experts,

I have a simple Winform with a Listbox & RichTextBox. The Listbox loads RTF files from DIR into Listbox names... If I click on ListboxItem... it loads contents of that file into the RichTextBox.

Because the RFT files are located on a server, some of the files are 11mb.... & this takes time to streamread it into the RichTextBox... I would like to know how to add a progress bar to show loading progress.

Thanks,
Rob
Option Explicit On 
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Diagnostics

Public Class Form1
    Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

Dim aDate As Date
Dim dateString As String

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

        LoadFiles()
        Try
            ' folder exists
            Dim path As String
            Dim di As System.IO.DirectoryInfo

            path = "\\server\share\folderA\"
            di = New System.IO.DirectoryInfo(path)

            If (Not di.Exists) Then
                di.Create()
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox("Error code 22: The Dir doesn't exist!")
        End Try
        Label3.Text = ListBox1.Items.Count.ToString()
    End Sub

    Private Sub LoadFiles()
        Try
            Dim sourceFolder As String = "\\server\share\folderA\"
            ListBox1.BeginUpdate()
            ListBox1.Items.Clear()
            ListBox1.Items.AddRange((New System.IO.DirectoryInfo(sourceFolder)).GetFiles("*.rtf"))
            ListBox1.EndUpdate()
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox("Error!")
        End Try

    End Sub

Private Sub LoadFiles()
        Try
            Dim sourceFolder As String = "\\server\share\folderA\"
            ListBox1.BeginUpdate()
            ListBox1.Items.Clear()
            ListBox1.Items.AddRange((New System.IO.DirectoryInfo(sourceFolder)).GetFiles("*.rtf"))
            ListBox1.EndUpdate()
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox("Error code 45: The repository is empty!")
        End Try

    End Sub

 Private Sub ListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ListBox1.SelectedIndexChanged
        
	dateString = aDate.Now.ToString("ddMMyyyy")
        Try
            If Not (ListBox1.SelectedItem Is Nothing) Then
                RichTextBox1.Rtf = CType(ListBox1.SelectedItem, System.IO.FileInfo).OpenText.ReadToEnd
            End If
            
            Dim filename As String = IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(ListBox1.Text)
            Label1.Text = filename

        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox("Error!")
        End Try
     End Sub

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Perhaps this thread can help you. I answered a similar question recently by suggesting the use of the BackgroundWorker class to accomplish the same thing. Note that a single thread cannot both download the file and update a progress bar, hence the need for one thread to handle the download and the main thread for the progress bar.

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26569623/Progress-Bar-for-FTP-download-in-async.html
To be able to show progress while reading a file, you need to read the file in chunks.

The other option is to use a Marquee type progressbar then you would have to load the file in a separate thread so that the UI thread can paint the progressbar.
He's working in VB.Net 2003 so the BackgroundWorker and Marquee style ProgressBar are out...   =\
Yeah but he can use threads and a custom progressbar.
@Idle_Mind,
Why do you say BackgroundWorker not an option for VS 2003? I use VS 2003 and the BackgroundWorker class.
...because it wasn't added until .Net 2.0 in VS2005:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/35f2fe4h.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t357fb32.aspx

Not sure what you're using in 2003?!...
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Zhaolai,
Your "Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor" seems to work for me...

Thanks ;)