What is the simplest way to show progress of a procedure (eg., looping thru a table and showing a specific field as some procedure is being run on that record) on a simple form?

Example: field name is CONTRACT. I want a simple form that shows label "CONTRACT NUMBER:" and text box that shows the CONTRACT NUMBER. Is there a way to refresh a FORM from outside the form?

Ie, call the form from within the procedure - then refresh it everytime the CONTRACT NUMBER changes?

TIA

Harry Jr.