Hi Carlos,

Thanks for your CTL32_Statusbar and CTL32_Progressbar classes. They are excellent add-ons to VFP. Here I'd like to report a problem after putting them into use in one of our applications.

I got user complaints as follows:
1. The application runs slower and slower
2. After running the application for a period of time, it fails to redraw its objects or is completely out of order.

I confirm the problem by running the following test code. In my tests, time consumed by one pass of the progressbar movement will increase gradually. When it is run over a number of passes (850 in my Virtual PC test and more in non-Virtual PC tests), the progressbar disappears completely.

This seems to a problem of the _Screen.StatusBar.ProgressBar.Visible=... lines because skipping these lines solves (or at least delays) the problem.

Clear All
Erase bartest.txt

_Screen.NewObject("statusBar",'ctl32_Statusbar','ctl32_statusbar.vcx')
_Screen.StatusBar.ProgressBar.Visible=.T.

#Define zRunVisibleLines 1

? 'Capslock to stop'
Capslock(.F.)
i=1
Do While !(Capslock(.F.) And MessageBox('Stop?',4+32)=6)
	nTime=Seconds()

	#If zRunVisibleLines
		_Screen.StatusBar.ProgressBar.Visible=.T.
	#Endif

	For j=1 To 100
		_Screen.StatusBar.ProgressBar.Value=m.j
	Next

	#If zRunVisibleLines
		_Screen.StatusBar.ProgressBar.Visible=.F.
	#Endif

	s='Pass '+Transform(m.i)+': '+Transform(Seconds()-m.nTime)+Chr(13)
	?m.s
	StrToFile(m.s+Chr(10),'bartest.txt',1)

	Inkey(.1)	&& Remark: increasing idle time doesn't help
	i=m.i+1
EndDo

Could you advise if there is any mistake in my code or if there is any way to solve a problem?

Thanks,
Ben


>To anyone interested, I have just uploaded version 3 of ctl32_statusbar - A Status Bar Control Class For Visual FoxPro 9.
>
>This new version has many new features, like Click, RightClick and DblClick events, many bugs fixed and enhancements. Check the downloads section:
>
>http://www.levelextreme.com/wconnect/wc.dll?2,54,33,29808
>
>And the Home Page:
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>http://www.goyanet.com.ar/vfp/ctl32_statusbar/
>
>Sexy pics here, here, and here.
>
>Carlos