>>>The first thing to do would be to declare and call the API function LockWindowUpdate

DECLARE INTEGER LockWindowUpdate IN Win32API;
>>> INTEGER hWnd
>>>= LockWindowUpdate(_SCREEN.HWnd)

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>>I don't think LockWindowUpdate works with XP anymore. At least it didn't in the way I used to use it (hide the "Printing..." dialog during a report).
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>Well, this was off the top of my head.:-)
>
>Merry Christmas, Fred.

Hope you had a Merry Christmas, too, George. Was Santa good to you? No new computer stuff for me, but I did get some neat toys for my other hobby (restoring a '73 'Vette)