>When I run a query and take a long to run it shows be a thermometer displaying Runnning Query and the percentage completed. I wish to enable/disable this thermometer at run - time Any One Pls help ....
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>Thanx in advance
>Shaheer

If it is a SQL on local VFP tables you can do the following:

DEFINE WINDOW Dummy from 0,0 to 0,0   && defined but never activated
set talk window dummy  && this directs all messages to the dummy window
set talk on  && allows the progress bar to be shown
** query code goes here
set talk off
release window dummy