I need to make a label visible on a click event. The trouble is that event is the last event before a redirect. I have to validate input against a web service and that takes 3-10 seconds at times. I have done all the tricks I know. Any help would facilitate a code free weekend. :)

    Private Sub ValidateAccountAndRedirect()
        Dim bolGoodAccount As Boolean

        Try
            lblValBank.Visible = True                   ' Show the wait for validation message 
            'Application.DoEvents()                     ' <- Too bad this is a fantasy 

            bolGoodAccount = ValidAccount(True)         ' Validate the account against our web service
            If bolGoodAccount Then                      ' Its good
                lblValBank.Visible = False              ' Hide the wait message
                ignoremsg.Visible = False               ' Hide the ignore msg 
                lblBankingMsg.Visible = False           ' Hide the detail message

                If SaveBankInfo() Then                  ' If we can Save the record
                    Response.Redirect("Financial.aspx") ' Go to the next page 
                End If

            Else                                        ' Bank validation falied show msg 
                lblValBank.Visible = False              ' Hide the wait message 
                ignoremsg.Visible = True                ' Make the ignore message available  
                lblBankingMsg.Visible = True            ' Show the detail message 
                cmdIgnoreBankError.Visible = True       ' Allow the ignore command
            End If
        Catch exThread As System.Threading.ThreadAbortException
            ' this error is always expected on respose.redirect
        Catch ex As Exception                           ' customer error trapping 
            Dim err As New MailError
            err.eMailError(ex, "ValidateAccountAndRedirect() " & Me.Page.ToString, context)
        End Try
    End Sub

My humble thanks in advance,