>I have a simple form that has nothing on it except a label and a progress bar control.
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>The form has a custom method that scans through a cursor of SQLServer table names, and creates VFP tables from the SQLServer tables via SPT and COPY TO.
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>The label's caption is 'Extracting tablename' and I change it to reflect each table as it's processed. I then issue THIS.Refresh.
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>The problem is that the routine runs so fast that the Refresh never really happens! So I added WAIT '' TIMEOUT .5 immediately after the Refresh to give the video a chance to catch up.
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>This works fine except for one thing. The label on the form now has what appears to be an insertion point showing up inside of it! While it has no effect whatsoever on the app, it looks extremely tacky.
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>Can somebody tell me why this happens and is there a way to prevent it?
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>TIA

Gary,

Give SET CURSOR OFF a try

HTH