Great idea, i'll give it a go and see how it looks.thanks.
Slán
~M

>Mark,
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>Why not use one of the .avi files that come with VFP? They are like the little animations you see when copying or moving files in Windows Explorer. Several come with VFP, they are located in the
> \Microsoft Visual FoxPro?\Graphics\Videos\ folder. This would be best if you are not going to tie the progress bar to the actual percentage of work completed. It is confusing to see a progress bar complete, then start over again, and again. These videos just show that something is going on.
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>Dana
>>hi all
>>i was just wondering what people use for a process indicator bar. i have a routine that exports information but it takes a minute or two and i want to show a moving indicator bar, it doesn't have to be linked to the information just moving to show that something is happening.
>>Slán
>>~M