>i wonder if you could help me with logging into an ftp server with catalyst. i thought it was simple with Mabry but the progress event doesn't fire enough to give use a useful status bar.

Yes, it is. It's just that you need to set the AutoYield property.

LOCAL llAutoYield
llAutoYield=_vfp.AutoYield
_vfp.AutoYield=.F.
...
_vfp.AutoYield=llAutoYield