VB.NET: Progress bar problem with a timer

[Jirachi]

I have a splash screen set up with a 5 second timer, no problems there. When I try to add a Progress Bar it does not function. This is for a school project but usually I don't have problems. This is my first time using a progress bar but maybe this requires some special touch I am currently unaware of.

[SammyB]

What VB are you using? VB.NET, VB6, or VBA?

You will need to set your timer interval to an increment of the 5 seconds, say every half second and update the progress bar ten times and then exit the splash screen. HTH --Sam

[debasisdas]

You need to increase the value of progressbar on timer event. Once it reaches its maxvalue, close the splash screen and go to the desired location in application.

[Killer42]

The basic problem most people run into is not realising that the progress bar doesn't actually do anything for itself. It's just a fancy way of displaying the information you pass to it.

You start out by setting the upper and lower limits. Then periodically you pass it a value (within these limits) to say how far you have progressed. It merely displays that value in a graphical format.

So, it's up to you to track your progress, and periodically pass a value to the ProgressBar control. Clear?

[Jirachi]

While (Me.uiProgressBar.Value < Me.uiProgressBar.Maximum)
            Me.uiProgressBar.Value = Me.uiProgressBar.Value + 1
End While
Me.Close()

This is what I have inside the Timer function. I must be missing something here. I'm assuming the Timer function doesn't perform the commands inside it until the timer has completed its intended duration. How can I force it to check or something similar? Or maybe I'm using it entirely wrong, I'll keep looking, though.

I'm using VB.NET by the way.

EDIT: I got it working now :)

[Killer42]

Glad to see you got it worked out. :)

I hope you realised what was wrong with the While loop.