You could flash up a message right before the compile saying something like "Your shoelace is untied."
>>>Is it possible to use the compile command without visual echoes?
>>>
>>>TIA
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>>Nope, but that has been requested fro VFP 7...
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>Really!? That is really sad.
>Any trick to hide them?
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>Thank you Fred.
Joe Gotthelf
Filters Are EVIL.