VB.NET progressbar backgroundworker

Question

When my application starts, and it has just been upgraded, I am doing a local database update (sqlite).

It is like that: The user starts my app, and then I start th

Answer 1

Maybe I dont understand the question, but isnt it really simple?

For i = ProgressBar1.Minimum To ProgressBar1.Maximum
        ProgressBar1.Value = i
        ProgressBar1.Update()
        System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(25)
    Next

The "Update" of Progressbar does the trick. Your code "blocks" (though I can not see, why it's desirable to have "application not respondig"), but the Progressbar gets updated.

BTW: For Windows Vista/7 (progressbar animation) you might check this: ProgressBar is slow in Windows Forms