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Is it better to show ProgressBar UserForms in VBA as modal or modeless? What are the best practices for developing progress indicators in VBA? Modeless UserForms require the use of Application.Interactive = False , whereas Modal UserForms by their very nature block any interaction with the application until the core procedure has finished, or is cancelled. If Application.Interactive = False is used, however, the Esc key interrupts code execution, so the use of Application.EnableCancelKey = xlErrorHandler and error handling ( Err.Number = 18 ) is required in both the UserForm and the calling

In a console app, an ascii spinner can be used, like the GUI wait cursor, to indicate that work is being done. A common spinner cycles through these 4 characters: '|', '/', '-', '\' What are some other cyclical animation sequences to spice up a console application? Balloons... . o O @ * Joe Koberg Lots of choices with Unicode, including ⌚ and ⌛! ← ↖ ↑ ↗ → ↘ ↓ ↙ ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █ ▇ ▆ ▅ ▄ ▃ ▁ ▉▊▋▌▍▎▏▎▍▌▋▊▉ ▖ ▘ ▝ ▗ ┤ ┘ ┴ └ ├ ┌ ┬ ┐ ◢ ◣ ◤ ◥ ◰ ◳ ◲ ◱ ◴ ◷ ◶ ◵ ◐ ◓ ◑ ◒ ◡◡ ⊙⊙ ◠◠ ⣾⣽⣻⢿⡿⣟⣯⣷ ⠁⠂⠄⡀⢀⠠⠐⠈ The entire braille block, even in random order http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/block/braille_patterns