>Fred,
>
>This is indeed a cool idea, but it still doesn't prevent the dialog - it just stops Windows from drawing it I guess. I'll keep this in my little personal "toolbox" for other ideas... thanks!
>
>>DECLARE INTEGER GetDesktopWindow IN WIN32API
>>DECLARE INTEGER LockWindowUpdate IN WIN32API INTEGER lnHandle
>>hWin = GetDeskTopWindow()
>>LockWindowUpdate(hWin)
>>COMPILE 123.prg
>>LockWindowUpdate(0)

Yeah, it solved my immediate need to get rid of seeing the "Compiling" message. It won't do any good for doing a report in a DLL though, as it merely prevents Windows from showing it to you, it's still there.