>SET TALK ON results in textual output you may not want. The text reads Selected x records in y seconds. To suppress this, issue SET TALK WINDOW NOWINDOW before SET TALK ON.
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Good point! A STAR to you!!

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>>>Hi!
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>>>I might be wrong, but it seems it is SET TALK.
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>>That is the consensus (sp?) here.
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>>Thanks!! a STAR for you!
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>>>For remote query by SQLExec() or remote view - no way, but you can display a window by SET ESCAPE ON (though it is not a progress), and progress of query could be seen in the status bar (SET STATUS BAR ON) as records are added to record set (_VFP.AutoYield should be also .T. for this, probably)
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>>>HTH.
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>>>>Just a quick question (is there such an animal???)...
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>>>>In running some lengthy queries, I expected the Query Therm Bar to show up...
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>>>>is there a SET command that controls it so it will have to show up if doing a lengthy query??
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>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>Tommy