How to show progress bar while loading datagrid?

Dear frnds

I m developing a proj in which while loading a grid it takes time after clicking on btn.
So i want to show progress bar along with grid loads......?

Answer1:

I doubt whether it is possible...
But you can give it a try like this...
I have two methods
both are crude...

Method 1 :
Start the progress bar tick when you click the button and end the progress bar tick when the loading of the procedure stops...

Method 2 :
Use data reader
to retrieve and on each insert in the datagrid increment the progress bar value by one...
And use Application.Doevents to see the progressbar moving...

Answer2:

Since loading time cant be calculated show marquee style progress bar and set cursor to busy. If loading makes your form unresponsive when clicked, do it in background thread.

Answer3:

Ajax has inbuilt Progress bar. I am not having visual studio right now else I would have told u exact name, but in the toll box, there are 5-6 controls like script manager, update panel etc. This progress bar one is also one of them. U just need to add this to page and provide image path in its tag which u want to show while the page is loading and the associated upadate panel. Thats it. It handles itself everything else