AVI is the best for the job. I'm sending you a class by Daniel Gramunt and a sample of running it by your e-mail.

>I have a procedure that does not lend itself to showing a thermometer to the user. I was thinking of displaying an animated icon on the form just to let the user know something is happening after they click on the command button that starts the procedure. I found an AVI in \Program Files\Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7\Graphics\Videos called Filemove.Avi that would be perfect. Is there an easy way to display this avi on my form? Is there something other than an AVI which would be a better choice? Will I be making the form too complicated by adding a multimedia Activex control just to display this AVI - in other words am I just asking for trouble? Should I just throw up a WAIT WINDOW NOWAIT message?
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>Thanks in advance for any help!!