>You can use UDF inside your Select SQL, which will show the progress
>but I won't recommend it - it will slow down the process much worse
>than VFP native progress bar.
>Alex.

Yeah, I learned that one the hard way. A UDF just wouldn't work. Here's what I finally did to get past this.

DEFINE WINDOW JUNK FROM 0,0 TO 1,1
SET TALK WINDOW
SET TALK ON
&cSQL
SET TALK OFF
RELEASE WINDOW JUNK

This still displays the *Selected...* message but, it's in the a window like the WAIT WINDOW and it only flashes briefly. I can live with that. It does not cause my form's controls to move.

Thanks