Glenn,

> I tried this, but the cursor (icon) keeps flickering ?
> I must say, the code is at this stage a mix of IBO and BDE
> (the application is being transformed gradually), there are
> several queries and datasets being opened at startup. Next to
> that: some forms are created and also settings are being read
> from within the database.
>
> Any ideas ?

It can only be one of two things.

1) You somehow have multiple session objects in your application.
2) You are not getting the code inside the Begin/End Busy protected block.

Jason