Show the form and call your code from the form activate event...

Private Sub UserForm_Activate
Call RunMyLoops
Call OpenOtherWorkbooks
Me.Hide
End Sub

The called subs will have to have code in them
to update the form; and yes use DoEvents.
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Jim Cone
San Francisco, USA
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware


"Phil"
wrote in message
Hi EVeryone,
I have seen many posts within this group in regards to progress bars
and how to make them, but the issue I am having right now is that as
soon as the userform appears to tell me what stage it's at in the
macro.... the macro stops until i close the userform.

my code has many for loops one after another and opens many other
workbooks for interaction... i'd like the users to get a note stating
what progress is done or where the are right now.
Any help on this is appreciated