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>First create a subclass of the progress bar by dropping it on a form. Otherwise, under runtime, if you try to add that object to a form, you will get an error.
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Forgive me if I understand this wrong, but to add a ProgressBar to a form under runtime you can simply do this:

Thisform.AddObject('oProgress1', 'olecontrol', 'MSComCtlLib.ProgCtrl')

With Thisform.oProgress1
.Height = 20
.Left = 146
.Top = 116
.Width = 325
.Visible = .T.
EndWith