>Nadya
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>When you download a file from the internet it uses the terse style I described
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Download x% complete

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>followed by
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Download Complete

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>for "consistency" I'd be inclined to do the same.
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>Re audience: if the audience were a pack of crusty academics who'd nit-pick over whether "completed" is meant to be a past-tense verb or an adjective, you'd probably be better advised to use full sentences. < g >
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>Regards
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>JR

I'm this crusty academic type of person myself :) Recently I tried to convince the native English speaker person, that she should write "The functionality was added" instead of "Functionality added". I finally stand corrected :)

Anyway, I used your original suggestion. Here is the re-written method:

	if !.CommandFail  && IF no problem
		if .ChangesNotAccepted
			   .Alert('Changes were not accepted!'+chr(13)+ ;
			          'The table was reverted to the original stage')
        else
		.Alert("Process "+ ;
		    iif(m.plStop,"interrupted by the user.","completed.")+ chr(13)+ chr(13)+ ;
			transform(m.lnTally) + " record"+iif(m.lnTally=1," was ","s were ")+ ;
			"changed ( " + transform(m.lnRate) + ;
			"%) out of total " + transform(m.lnReccount)+ chr(13)+ ;
			"in "+ iif(m.lnMinutes>0, transform(m.lnMinutes)+" minutes ","")+ ;
			transform(m.lnSeconds) + " seconds...")
		endif	
	else
		.Alert('The replace command failed!')
	endif