I usually create a window, set it's top and left to -1000 (so it cannot be seen), activate that window and run the query. That way I never see that message. You can set a variable to the current datetime and subtract that from the time the query finishes.

>When I run a select from VFP on the status bar for just a second or two it says:
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>Selected XXXXXX Records in xx.x seconds
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>How can I capture and use that value?