Long Process - Do you know that you should provide a detailed summary, play a sound and hide the progress bar at the end?

Whenever a long process is churning away (e.g. about 10 seconds) users will usually do something else, either make a coffee or switch to another window.

Your application should remind the user to go back and check on it by:

• Playing a sound
• Hiding the progress bar
• Showing a message box at the end of the long process

See rule on Do you know how to make long-running processes user-friendly?

When using Message Box to indicate user a process is done, always includes detailed summary of the process. Don't just say "Process completed."

This is just like standing at a set of traffic lights listening for the beep to know when to walk, rather than constantly looking at the red and green lights.