>I have a method in a form that is a long process. I would like to show a modal form with a progress bar to show the user how the process is going.
>
>ex:

oProg = newobject("progbar")
>oProg.minVal = 0
>oProg.maxVal = reccount()
>oProg.show(1)
>scan
>  oProg.curVal = recno()
>
>  ... do stuff ...
>
>endscan

>
>The problem is the modal part. VFP sits at the .show(1) and waits for the oProg form to be released.
>
>The only thing I can think of is to pass a reference of the current from and the method name to call to the progbar form and let the progbar call the method.
>
>Is there any other way? Anybody have any ideas?

You can't show a modal progress bar because it will stop the processing of the underlying operation (unless it's part of the form itself). I've got a modeless one that I'll share if you like.