Paul,
Could you post the you use to update your progress bar?
I have used the progress bar in the link below in the past (I might have modied it a little to fit my needs)
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/statusbarprogresspanel.asp

Einar

>I'm hoping someone may have an idea on how to deal with this. I have a form with a progress bar.. if the form loses focus for instance someone switched to another app the progress bar seems stuck and the form look's like it is frozen and locked up, However the code continues to execute and does finish.
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>I am afraid that it will look like the form is locked up and it will get the 3 finger salute before it has a chance to finish..
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>Any ideas on things to try would be great..
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>Thanks,
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>Paul