displaying text while the program is loading

I have a game where I am loading a bunch of images and sounds upfront so when the executable is launched it takes a while for the game to start. Is there a way I can display 'Loading' maybe even with a status bar while this is happening?

Well there is nothing stopping you to write "Loading" at the screen and flip it before you start loading all your gamedata (images and sound). If you want a statusbar you might need to call a function between every load or maybe set up a function for the loading itself retrieving loading data and in between always update the statusbar. Just remember to flip it :)

I hope this helps, this is a complete example of something that might be like what you want

;This method creates a GUI window on the desktop and sets a progress bar on it
;Lets say you have 5 images and 5 sounds to load
loadwindow = CreateWindow("",(ClientWidth(Desktop()) / 2) - 225,(ClientHeight(Desktop()) / 2) - 125,450,250,Desktop(),0)
label = CreateLabel("Loading...",205,100,70,15,loadwindow)
loadbar = CreateProgBar(140,135,180,20,loadwindow)
;Now just update the progbar after each image and sound
a = LoadImage("a.bmp")
UpdateProgBar(loadbar,.1);Update it based on the amount of images and sounds that have been loaded divided by the total, in this case, 1 / 10 = .1
b = LoadImage("b.bmp")
UpdateProgBar(loadbar,.2)
c = LoadImage("c.bmp")
UpdateProgBar(loadbar,.3)
d = LoadImage("d.bmp")
UpdateProgBar(loadbar,.4)
e = LoadImage("e.bmp")
UpdateProgBar(loadbar,.5);Halfway done now, time for the sounds
f = LoadSound("f.wav")
UpdateProgBar(loadbar,.6)
g = LoadSound("g.wav")
UpdateProgBar(loadbar,.7)
h = LoadSound("h.wav")
UpdateProgBar(loadbar,.8)
i = LoadSound("i.wav")
UpdateProgBar(loadbar,.9)
j = LoadSound("j.wav")
UpdateProgBar(loadbar,1)
Delay 2000;Wait 2 seconds just so people can get a good look at the progress bar
FreeGadget loadwindow;Get rid of loadwindow and all its child gadget, now you can start the main program code
;At least on my computer it just loaded them all so fast that the progress bar looked like it started at the top, but if you deal with larger images/sounds, the load times will be longer
;If you want to see the progress bar go up slowly, you could put a delay statement after each UpdateProgBar
;Also, you can add a canvas and decorate up the load screen a bit

it would be easier with select:

loading% = True, index% = 1, totalindex% = 5
Repeat
	UpdateLoadingBar(Float index% / totalindex%)
	index% = index% + 1
	
	Select index%
		Case 1
			LoadImage()
		Case 2
			LoadSound()
		Case 3
			LoadSomeMore()
		Case 4
			LoadEvenMore()
		Case 5
			loading% = False
	End Select
Until Not loading%

thanks