No matter what, I can't get this stupid progress bar to update from a thread?

From the MSDN documentation for PBM_STEPIT.

I suspect the problem lies in your message loop. Anyway then, three things.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.