If the updates are too frequent, the wait window does not paint properly or skips altogether. I recently changed my own wait window for the same reason:

select ("sometable")
cTotal = str(reccount("sometable"))
nTotal = reccount("sometable")
iCount = 0
go top

LOCAL lnPercentage, lnPercentageNew
lnPercentage = -1

do while !eof()
     iCount = iCount + 1

     lnPercentageNew = CEILING(100 / m.nTotal * m.iCont)
     IF m.lnPercentageNew <> m.lnPercentage
          lnPercentage = m.lnPercentageNew
          WAIT WINDOW TEXTMERGE("Processed <<m.lnPercentage>> % ...") NOWAIT
     ENDIF

     *--- something happens to the record in "sometable"
     skip in ("sometable")
enddo

>The code is not called in a function. Here is a simplified version:
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>select ("sometable")
>cTotal = str(reccount("sometable"))
>iCount = 0
>go top
>do while !eof()
>     iCount = iCount + 1
>     wait nowait "Count " + str(iCont) + " of " + cTotal
>     *--- something happens to the record in "sometable"
>     skip in ("sometable")
>enddo
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>>if that code is called in a function from inside the report it should work, as previous one is deleted...
>>(of course with a nowait in last line...)
>>when / how do you call the Wait Window ?
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>>>I don't think so. I believe that I need DOEVENT or something like that.
>>>
>>>>Wait Clea
>>>>Wait Window Recno()
>>>>
>>>>intended, as RecCount() should be fix?
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a report that, when generated, goes through many records (depending on the customer). To show the customer that the screen is not frozen, I have WAIT message which shows the record count. But sometimes when I run this report - on customer server, after so many records, the WAIT message stops showing the count. I know that the process goes on because after some time, the report appears.
>>>>>
>>>>>What code can I add to the WAIT - before or after - to make the count appear?
>>>>>
>>>>>TIA