>>I use a WAIT WINDOW NOWAIT "Selecting records for the blah report". I also have SET TALK ON so they can see the progress.
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>Craig,
>How do you cope with the information that is posted after the SQL is run? From inside VFP it prints on the message line at the bottom of the screen, but in an EXE it prints on the screen. Ugly!!

DEFINE WINDOW NoTalk FROM 1, 2 TO 3, 6
SET TALK WINDOW NoTalk
SET TALK ON
WAIT WINDOW NOWAIT "Getting records the the yadda yadda report"
SELECT blah, blah2 FROM Gizmos INTO CURSOR cGizmos
WAIT CLEAR
SET TALK OFF
RELEASE WINDOW NoTalk