Try to compile it into COM EXE.

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>PUBLIC loProgress
>loProgress = CREATEOBJECT("ProgressIndicator")
>loProgress.setup("Calculating Payments", 1, 1, 0, .T., .F.)
>loProgress.show()
>inkey(4)
>lnHndl = sqlconnect("yak")
>?SQLSetProp(lnHndl,"Asynchronous",.t.)
>?SQLEXEC(lnHndl,"call sp_CalculatePayments(13)","test",la)
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>As soon as I called sqlexec() the progress bar quit moving until the sp was done (about 10 seconds).
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