ImageView not moving to the right, only left?

[mistermentality]

I have a ball on screen as an ImageView and I want to move it left 5 places, then 10 places to the right and then back 5 places to the left.

I wrote this code:

Sub moveball
' move ball left
   For l = 5 To 1 Step -1
   ImageView1_ball.Left = l
   Next
' now move ball back to original position
For l = 1 To 5
ImageView1_ball.Left = l
Next

End Sub

But it will not move at all. Yet if I take out the loop that moves it to the right it moves the ball as intended so for some reason it only lets me move an image view left. Any idea why this is?

Edit: I have found I can move the imageview right but if I then try to move it left it will not let me, it will let me move it only one direction if that makes sense? Not a bit left then a bit right or vice versa to make it appear the ball is moving

Any help is really appreciated, thank you

Dave

 

[dlfallen]

Just after the line "ImageView1_ball.Left = l", add DoEvents.

 

[mistermentality]

Just after the line "ImageView1_ball.Left = l", add DoEvents.

Oops, I thought because it worked I had got it right and didn't realise. But thank you, it now works

Dave