I don't know how your progress bar is implemented, but see thread #415702 (dated 09/13/2000, titled "How to show a progress bar in a status bar panel"). It talks about creating a text-based progress bar in the VFP status bar.

>I'm not sure if anyone has made one yet, but I have created a progress bar that will sit in the status bar (not literally, but will give that effect) if anyone is interested.
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>Although I don't know if I can put it in the Files section because I'm not a PUTM!
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>Kev