>>Why don't you use the Wait Window command?
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>Don't recall if this is changed in VFP9, but I remember there was a limit of 255 characters you can show in WAIT WINDOW.
Yes, but I thought that in this case the meaning was simply to show a progress? I do like this all the time
Scan while something
wait window Field1 + ' is being processed' nowait
do something
endscan
Wait clear