David,

Yes, exactly - a WAIT WINDOW NOWAIT. And I think you are right about the separate thread, I had simply never worked with it before, but will play around with it.

And yes, any code you can dig up would be appreciated. I can certainly message in the status bar, but I like the on-screen window messaging for some actions!

>I assume you mean the wait window nowait feature? The regular wait window should be easy.
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>I was toying with the idea of creating a wait window .net but never got around to implementing it correctly. The problem is that the wait window needs its own message loop for processing windows messages. I think you need to use muti-threading to make it work. Meaning you need to use Thread.Start or create a delgate and use the BeginInvoke method of the delegate. I'll see if I can dig up my old code.
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>>I'm trying to simulate a WAIT WINDOW function in VB.Net, so I have created a small non-modal form with one label on it to hold the message. I pass the text message to show as a parameter, but the message does not appear. I have tried form.Refresh(), Form.Invalidate(), change the label to a textbox and many other methods to force the message to be painted, all without success. It does "flash" for moment just as the form is reactivated before it is closing.
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>>What am I missing here? I just want an on-screen message without waiting for user input that I can later close after processing is complete.
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>>Anyone know the technique I need to use?