Tim,

The messagebox is a modal dialog, so code won't run while it is displayed. Like Chuck said, you could use WAIT, but it's pretty ugly.

wait window "Please wait..." nowait noclear
*  do work now
*  ...
wait clear

Better yet, throw a modeless form on the screen:

do form myMessageForm name oForm linked
* do work now
* ... more work
oForm.release()

>Is there a way for the standard "=messagebox('Please wait')" to display before a loop then disappear afterward w/out user input?