Output is sent to status bar when SET STATUS BAR is ON.
Try SET TALK WINDOW to have response information sent to a WAIT window.
If you would like to hide this information, you could define a window and SET TALK WINDOW to this window without activating or showing it.

>When running out application we like to have the TALK ON so that the thermometer displays and lets us see SQL progress. The problem is that other response information (i.e. Selected 25 records...) are displaying the the forms...