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The progress meter form appears, and the
bar grows from 0 to 100 percent. This may take 15 to 20 seconds on a high-end machine, but a
little longer on a slower machine.
The Progress Meter form in progress is shown in Figure 26-12.
FIGURE 26-12
A graphical progress meter
This progress meter has some advantages over the standard Microsoft Access progress meter. The
progress meter that comes with Access uses the status bar to display the meter and isn??™t always as
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visible as you may want it to be. The pop-up progress meter pops up in the middle of the screen
and is immediately visible to the user. The meter that comes with Access, however, usually displays
faster because it requires less overhead to run, although with longer tasks the difference may not be
noticeable. The speed of the pop-up meter can be controlled by updating the meter every x percent.
Therefore, if the form meter is set for fast execution, it displays with speed comparable to
that of the built-in meter.


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