I have an object called progressbar that is nothing more than a timer that advances a container width over and over again. I would like to call this when I have large queries that will take a long time to run or when generating queries throught SPT or simply when some process that takes a long time(more then 2 seconds) is running. The problem is that when I issue the commands to start the process(select,SPT,...) the timer on the progress bar stops and doesn't start again until the process is finished. Is there anyway that I can keep the timer running while my other processes are being processed? In theory I am trying to use progressbar similar to an animated Icon just to let the user know that something is happening.

Any Ideas?