I am trying to get a JProgressMonitor to pop up and display the progress on a search, but it refuses to show itself. I have an unsubstantiated theory, however. My max value is 3 and my start value is 0. I know that the monitor won't do anything unless there is a visually displayable change. Therefore, when the first 1/3 of my search is completed, it updates progress to 1. At this point, the monitor should pop up and dispay something, but it never does. My theory is that my increments are too large, ie. there are only 3 steps to completion, and the progress bar just decides not to display any of it and instead wait to completion. Anyone have any advice on getting this to work? Micah