>Hi all,
>i want to call a procedure while my UI is doing it's bit. i don't want to wait for it to finish so that i can have the UI loading and forming (sliding forms) while it runs a procedure. you kow, so that the user has something interesting to look at while the system initiates.
>
>Jordan
Wait for VB.Net or for VB 6, read this article from Daniel Appleman that discuss multithreading:
http://www.desaware.com/articles/threadingL3.htm