Excellent. That did the trick.

Now I need to read up on how Delegates are used. Learning something new every day.

Sorry that I was not able to give this solution the Stars it deserves, the button on the bottom of this reply window is missing. but anyway "***"

>Hi Greg,
>I doing this on next way...
>
>

>Public Sub New()
>    InitializeComponents()
>    ReadFiles()
>End Sub
>
>Private Sub ReadFiles()
>Dim loThread as System.Threading.Thread = new System.Threading.Thread(AddressOf _readfiles())
>loThread.Start()
>End Sub
>
>Private Sub _ReadFiles()
> ... here some code to scan files
>   Dim loDelegate as _dlg_updateprogress = New _dlg_updateprogress(AddressOf _on_updateprogress)
>   Dim loForm as System.Windows.Forms.Form = Me.FindForm()
>   lcProgressState = String.Format("Loading {0}%",lnProcentValue)
>   loForm.Invoke(loDelegate,New Object(){lcProgressState})
>End Sub
>
>Delegate Sub _dlg_updateprogress(ByVal tcProgressState as String)
>
>Private Sub _on_updateprogress(ByVal tcProgressState as String)
>  Me.lblProgress.Text = tcProgressState
>End Sub
>

>

>>Hi All,
>>
>>Here is a newbie question.
>>
>>I have a WinForm that runs process that scan files on the HD. I need the form to complete it instantiation before the processing starts. During the running of the process it will display the current status of the operation on the form.
>>
>>Question is where do I place the call to the processing method?
>>
>> I tried the Shown event, but the form hangs and never finishes instantiating. Therefore, the status is not displayed.