after the splash screen comes up then load the swf movie then it start the long process at the background which is no UI, just pulling data from mainframe.
Try some DoEvents in this long process.
Keith
I've been programming with VB for 25 years. Started with VB4 16bit Pro, VB5 Pro, VB6 Pro/Enterprise and now VB3 Pro. But I'm no expert, I'm still learning.