Well, I got the dialog to show and do all my loading (horray for me, and thanks again!). For those who didn''t read post one Two problems. First, The dialog isn''t centered.. And I don''t know the command to move it to the center.. Second, When I close the dialog with dlgWaiting.EndDialog(0); dlgWaiting.ShowWindow(SW_HIDE); dlgWaiting.DestroyWindow(); I get "Warning: calling DestroyWindow in CDialog::~CDialog -- OnDestroy or PostNcDestroy in derived class will not be called." and I lose focus of every app..

I don''t know MFC.
But I can help you the center thing.
You can use the

DS_CENTER 

in the style propertise of the dialog box. This will cause the window to be centered when it is loaded.

HTH

Nope that just centers it in the center of the screen..

what do you want it centered in relation too then?