Barbara,
Thanks for the reply. I just got back from Atlanta for the holidays...

That's what I have done for now. Also I am looking at the selects to see where I can improve the speed of them.

THanks

>John,
>If each individual "Select" is too fast to trigger the progress bar, then you can add a single Wait Window "Now loading Page XXX" "Now loading data" (even if the data is 15 cursors in 25 combos) etc. Users don't really care how much longer (withing reason) if they know the system hasn't stalled.
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>HTH
>Barbara
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>>I have a few forms that are slow in displaying because they have several list boxes that need a select each etc. What is the best way to display a progress bar until the form is visible?
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>>Thanks