Animated Gif on form

[redbull]

I am trying to show an animated gif on my form. Something similar to this..

http://www.parda.com/images/loading_circle.gif



Reason; I have a very long process and it was suggested that the user be notified that the process it still working. So I can at the start of the process mark it visible true, then at the end visible false.

So, the picture element does not allow the gif to animate. The webbrowser control does, however the webbrowser control has scroll bars that from what I see are nearly impossible to remove, resulting in a functioning loading gif... but ewww its ugly.

I am looking for solutions, recommendations, suggestions, advice... any experience you might have with this type of thing. I thought of multiple images on a timer event.. but that sounds messy as well. Any help would be great.

[Missinglinq]

So what you're saying is that you have a labor intensive process that takes a long time to complete, and you want to use up even more resources, by running an animated graphic, thus increasing the time the aforementioned process will take to complete? Does the term 'counterproductive' ring any bells?

If you must do something like this, it's usually done using a 'Progress Bar.' Here are links to two hacks for doing this, both of which, I suspect, will use less resources than an animated graphic would and still let the user know that the process is still running:

http://www.pyeung.com/pages/microsof...ogressbar.html

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304581

Linq ;0)>

[redbull]

Management wants what management wants

[redbull]

I should also point out that this process takes awhile because it is manipulating web pages. Not because access is slamming out a ton of code or sprinting thru records.... in this case the long process is simply due to IE load times.

Believe it or not there is a method to the madness. I don't use access in a typical manner... all of my programs are nearly 100% IE navigation, manipulation and recording. So when I post a question online there is a reason for it.
Sorry, but this

https://www.accessforums.net/program...ook-31941.html

Left a really bad taste in my mouth