Distorted form while application is running

[Mike C]

Hey all hope you can answer my question.

I have a vb.net application that has one form with a button and a label.
When you click the button it kicks off a very CPU intensive proccess
(iterations through numerous workbooks with multiple worksheets). Common
proccessing time is around 3 minutes.

My problem is during that three minutes. While the program is chugging
away if I pull up another window(such as Outlook) and then go back to my form
it is distorted. It looks like part of the window I opened is stil drawn on
the VB form. Unforunately I am unable to see the label on the form that
contains a description of the workbook I am currently proccessing. Is there
anyway I can prevent this distortion from happenening?

BTW In between workbooks I update the label and refresh the form which
clears it up but I do not want to referesh the form every second or so to
prevent this from happening.

Any help would be greatly appreciated
Mike C

[scorpion53061]

Try placing these operations in a separate thread from the form thread.
"Mike C" <Mike [e-mail]> wrote in message
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Hey all hope you can answer my question.

I have a vb.net application that has one form with a button and a
label.
When you click the button it kicks off a very CPU intensive proccess
(iterations through numerous workbooks with multiple worksheets). Common

proccessing time is around 3 minutes.

My problem is during that three minutes. While the program is chugging

away if I pull up another window(such as Outlook) and then go back to my
form
it is distorted. It looks like part of the window I opened is stil drawn
on
the VB form. Unforunately I am unable to see the label on the form that
contains a description of the workbook I am currently proccessing. Is
there
anyway I can prevent this distortion from happenening?

BTW In between workbooks I update the label and refresh the form which
clears it up but I do not want to referesh the form every second or so to

prevent this from happening.

Any help would be greatly appreciated
Mike C