Evelyn,

You can put the wait window anywhere ... This is from my notes on VFP
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Screen Size Stuff:
Sysmetric(1) -> width of screen in pixels
Sysmetric(2) -> Height of Screen in pixels
FontMetric(1) -> Height of characters in pixels
FontMetric(6) -> Average width of characters in pixels
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Putting the top left corner in the center of the screen...
Wait "Please Wait..." window at (sysmetric(2)/fontmetric(1))/2,;
(sysmetric(1)/fontmetric(6))/2
And to approximately center it, subtract half the size of the window...
Wait "Loading..." window at ((sysmetric(2)/fontmetric(1))/2) - 2,;
((sysmetric(1)/fontmetric(6))/2) - 8 nowait noclear

I am sure that you can play with this to put it just above the task bar.

HTH