Salut Bart Broersma !
  BB> Hi All,Qestion: How do I display a simple messagebox like thing,
  BB> without any buttons or other controls, that will display a message and
  BB> will be removed from the screen after some other task (copy files) is
  BB> complete ?(Delphi
  BB> 
1.0)Like:...DisplayMessage;...OpenTheFiles;CopyTheFiles;CloseTheFiles;...
  BB> moveMessageFromScreen;...Any suggestions ?
Build a form with the message you wants to display. Create a method 
for this form like this:
procedure TForm1.DoTheJob;
begin
    Show;
    OpenTheFiles;
    CopyTheFiles;
    CloseTheFiles;
    Close;
end;
Then from another form, call Form1.DoTheJob.
In the Open, Copy and Close procedure, you can update the Form1 
message (put some labels on the form, don't forget to call 
Label1.Update to update the screen. During the processing, do'nt 
forget to call Application.processMessages often enough to let other 
applications run smootly.
Amiti‚s,
{-Francois Piette-}
francois.piette@ping.be
http://www.rtfm.be/fpiette
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