You can define a dummy window and direct talk there.

DEFINE WINDOW dummy FROM 0,0 SIZE 1,1
SET TALK WINDOW dummy
SELECT ... 
RELEASE WINDOW dummy

>Hello,
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>When running a large SQL statement, we display the SQL thermometer so the user has an idea how long it will take to run.
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>In VFP 6, we used to SET TALK ON and SET NOTIFY OFF, so the thermometer would show, and there would be no wait window saying "selected x records in y seconds...". (We like to supress this wait window, because this could be confusing for the user and it worked fine in VFP 6.)
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>But since VFP 7, SET NOTIFY OFF would result in not showing the thermometer at all, so we are forced to SET NOTIFY ON (besides SET TALK ON). This then shows the Thermometer but also the Wait Window that we do not want to show.
>In VFP 8 it is the same behaviour as VFP 7.
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>Is there still a way in VFP 8 to show the thermometer without the wait window notification, or do we have to live with that?