You have to SET NOTIFY ON in VFP 7 for progressbar to show up.

>There seems to be a problem in VFP7 where the setting of SET STATUS BAR is not recognized when running a large query. And therefore the thermometer does NOT appear. Yes, I am setting TALK ON.
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>UNLESS I 'SET STATUS BAR ON' in a .prg that runs the SQL SELECT (eventhough its already ON), and UNLESS I have a form active, I will not get the thermometer. For example:
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>If I already have SET STATUS BAR set to 'ON'.
>Then I run the following .prg:
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>? SET("STATUS BAR") && show that status bar is set to ON
>SET TALK ON
>SELECT * FROM <>
>SET TALK OFF
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>This query will NOT show the thermometer. However, it will: If a FORM is active, or if you run this from the command window and not a .prg. (strange)
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>Now, if I modify the .prg to the following, by adding the first line, I *WILL* get the thermometer. For some reason, eventhough I had SET STATUS BAR set to ON, VFP7 did not recognize it unless I have this statement in the .prg.
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>SET STATUS BAR ON && eventhough it is already on...
>? SET("STATUS BAR") && show that status bar is set to ON
>SET TALK ON
>SELECT * FROM <>
>SET TALK OFF
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>This is not a problem in VFP6.
>Any comments welcome. Thanks.
>
>Mark

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