I have a MDI application that each ChildForm merges their respective
StatusStrips onto the ParentForm so that I can control the progressbar and
status text.  My problem is that the progressbar progression is not shown,
though its visible property is changed correctly.  Below is the code I use
(extra routines removed):

try
{
_topMost = Table;
statusProgress.Visible = true;
statusProgress.Value = statusProgress.Minimum;
statusLabel.Text = "Loading DataSet...";
progressTimer.Start();
Cursor.Current = Cursors.WaitCursor;

// Load Dataset at this point (This part works and is, I'm sure, causing
statusProgress to not update)

statusLabel.Text = string.Empty;
}
finally
{
Cursor.Current = Cursors.Default;
progressTimer.Stop();
statusProgress.Visible = false;
}

private void progressTimer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Update progress bar
if ((statusProgress.Value + statusProgress.Step) > statusProgress.Maximum)
{
statusProgress.Value = statusProgress.Minimum;
}
else
{
statusProgress.Value += statusProgress.Step;
}
}