Progress Bar Control

I am trying to learn how to use ‘Dbase’ Plus 2.61.3 by upgrading a DOS 5
program. I have a small report writing program (Plus version) consisting of a
form, Rptform.wfm, and three report writing programs, WKENDBON.PRG, WKENDCOM.PRG
, and RPTSLCOM.PRG.  The form contains 3 radiobuttons (they select one of the
reports), two spinboxes (they select start/end dates)  and two pushbuttons. One
of the pushbuttons is a “QUIT” button, the other STARTs one of the report
programs, selected by one of the radiobuttons, from a 3 part DO CASE and using
the selected start & end dates.

It all works fine – except – the report programs take a long time to crank &
grind with no obvious indication that anything is happening.  A progress bar is
needed!  
So, a progress bar was added to the form and can be controlled with statements
like:
		form.PROGRESS1.value = xx
		form.PROGRESS1.visible = true
but only from RPTFORM.WFM (i.e. before calling one of the *.PRG’s from the DO
CASE).  I have not been able to control “value” or “visible” once I am in one of
the *.PRGs, but that is where “.value” is generated!  I am reasonably sure it
has to do with the “form.this.that.etc.” in front of the “.PROGRESS1.value”  - 
but have not been successful finding the right combination.  What have I missed?
 Thanks.

In article <Oux5wLgjIHA.700@news-server>, gei@futureone.com says...
> 
> 		form.PROGRESS1.value = xx
> 		form.PROGRESS1.visible = true
> I have not been able to control =3Fvalue=3F or =3Fvisible=3F

When dBASE is busy crunching numbers, it doesn't give a very high 
priority into refreshing the screen. To prevent that, have you set the
_app.AllowYieldOnMsg property to true?

Jean-Pierre Martel, editor
The dBASE Developers Bulletin