Stefan Ruck is working as a PC programer under DOS in a small software company. He got in touch with computers about 15 years ago at school and started programing BASIC on a Commodore VIC20. He also did a little bit of assembler on this machine. Later on he learned COBOL and structured programing on IBM mainframes. Since about 6 years ago, he's been doing C programing on DOS PCs. After a short look at Windows 1 1/2 a year ago he started OS/2 programing in C++ in his spare time to learn a little bit more about GUIs and C++ and to see something new and different. He can be reached via CompuServe at 100664,1353 or via the Internet at 100664.1353@compuserve.com . Stefan has written the following articles: A Progress-indicating Status Line in C++ - Part 1  (June 1996) A Progress-indicating Status Line in C++ - Part 2  (July 1996) A Progress-indicating Status Line in C++ - Part 3  (August 1996)