Using MsgBox without pausing the application

Question

I need to display a message to the user. When I do this using MsgBox, the program stops until the user clicks the box away. I\'d like to know if there\'s a way

Answer 1

Create a Form instead. I created a small form that only has a text box that says "Working, Please Wait". When needed I open the form, as a pop-up (docmd openform "form name"), usually just before starting some operation that is going to take some time to complete. When the work completes I close the form (docmd close acform "form name"). This does not stop the program but does provide a "Message" to the user.