I messed up....the command you need is SET TALK OFF....everything else applies.

>Thanks for replying, John. I tried that yet the message still appeared.
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>>It wouldn't appear if SET NOTIFY OFF was scoped to the current datasession. If the Form uses a private datasession, that means putting it in the DataEnvironment's BeforeOpenTables event. If the Form uses the default datasession, then SET NOTIFY OFF can be in your application setup code or, also, in the Form.
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>>>Are you saying "Running query..." message wouldn't appear if I SET NOTIFY OFF? I tried that but it didn't work. I have a problem when TABLEUPDATE a view, the message keeps repeating (refer to message #403656 which was never replied)... hmmm...
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>>>I'd appreciate an enlightenment. Thanks!
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