Yea, I ended up making them both separate threads and that worked

Duh, I figured it out:-):cool:

I would suggest using Delegate and Events to update the status bar based on the events in the process. Cheers! Looney Tunezez "If you build it.... .....BUGS will come!" -JB Application.Run(new Form1(this.Dispose())); <--WHAT :wtf::confused::eek: "Stability. What an interesting concept" - Chris Maunder

Nah, just a bigger club to beat him over the head with. Software Zen: delete this;