I wrote a test form, there were one message label control and one command button on the form. when the command button clicked I executed next statements: lnCount = 0 SELECT 1 SCAN ALL SCATTER MEMVAR SELECT 2 APPEND BLANK GATHER MEMVAR SELECT 1 lnCount = lnCount + 1 IF lnCount > 50 lnCount = 1 ENDIF THISFORM.lbl_Message.Caption = REPLICATE(">",lnCount) ENDSCAN Those code works fine, But I try to use a timer control to do this kind of things. So I add an timer control on my form, and I refresh message label caption in the timer event; and change the command button clicked code to : Start the timer first then SELECT 1 SCAN ALL SCATTER MEMVAR SELECT 2 APPEND BLANK GATHER MEMVAR SELECT 1 ENDSCAN Stop the timer last. I found the timer event not fired until the SCAN LOOP command executed, what's wrong ? Is there any one have a good idea or any 3rd-party .OCX can do this kind of things ? Please give me some help, I really need that ! Thanks a lot ! Catherina of AS SOTA Co. > > >I want to display a flow scroll bar > and process percentage when I execute a > >long time process, ex. SELECT, PACK command. Is there any one have a good > >idea? > > > >Catherina of AS SOTA Co. > > For your selects, you can always set talk on prior to issuing your select > statement which will activate Foxpro's default thermometer. As for > Packing, I hope somebody offers a good suggestion, because I, too would > like to hear ideas! > > Good Luck, > > John Adams >