>Hi Cetin,
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>It's the system bar. I understand how to handle it ... when it's my turn to play so to speak. I'm wondering how to handle it when the system "uses" it, in fact I'd like to set a "default value" for it in a way. I could manage is with the release method of the form(base), but frankly again, it looks like some kind of overkill.
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>I guess I'm wanting something that simply is not there.

If you're using VFP8, maybe SET NOTIFY CURSOR OFF will let you keep the VFP messages from interfering with what you want to see.