Prepare the string however you want and pass it in.

>UPDATE 2. It appears that the only time the WAIT messages "freezes" is when I click on Exit button, while the WAIT goes on. The form which starts the report has EXIT button (and CREATE button, along with some choices). So, if I let the report creating run without clicking anything, the WAIT does not freeze. But I show some impatience and attempt to exit the process, by clicking on EXIT button, the screen cursor changes to a small circle and the WAIT freezes. It is not a big deal though.
>UPDATE. I have just tried your approach. And - I regret to say - it works worse than before. Before, when I was showing the progress in Numbers, it would never "freeze" on my computer; only on customers computers.
>Now, when changing the code to your code that shows percentage, it "freezes" on my PC at about 9%. And then the report shows. So, the process continues; it is simply that the message stops at some point.
>Still, thank you for your suggestion.
>
>I personally like to see the number of records processed. But your approach may be better for customers' perception (% vs number). I will try your approach and see how it looks.
>Thank you.
>
>>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:
>>>
>>>

>>>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
>>>

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>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 ?
>>>>
>>>>>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