From: Ron2006 on
What I have done to sort of accomplish the same thing is:

1) create a label field that says something like "Loading Control
Information" and make the field default of the "Visible" property
false. (Or set it to false as a function of the open of the form.)

2) As the first part of the action of loading the table etc and
opening the other form make the property "Visible" true (and maybe do
a repaint of the form).
3) then just before opening the actual form make the visible property
false again.\

Ron