>>>I have a "wait" label on a form controlled by a timer to chg size and shape while work is progressing in a hidden window.
>>>However, when the work is running, the timer seems to barely get any processor time and has no effect on the
>>>label. Is there a better way?
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>>Put DOEVENTS in your process.
>>If that process is in a loop, nothing can stop it :-)
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>The work being done IS in a do..while loop basically, so nothing would work?

If you put DOEVENTS in that loop all waiting events will be fired, if you have no such commands nothing can stop it.
VFP is a single threaded language, when some code starts you can't stop it if you didn't have something that stops it and wait the events to happen.
You could use INKEY(0.01),. WAIT WINDOW "" 0.01 or DOEVENTS, your choice.
I remember there is a multithread FLL (DLL?) that helps VFP to execute a code in separate thread so the application don't have to wait until the execution of this process to finish. But kill me I can't remember where to find it. Maybe here in download area?