UserForm, update after command button click

Hi, I have a user form with 1 ComboBox and 1 CommandButton on it.
You make a choice in the combo and then the button becomes visible.
When you click the button, the only code is Call GetProjects

In GetProjects, the beginning code is:

Application.StatusBar = "Macro running, please wait....."

'modify form view
    frmInput.Frame1.Visible = False
    frmInput.frmButton1.Visible = False
    frmInput.lblMacroRunning.Visible = True

The status bar does change, but nothing else on the form changes.
Also had this code in the button click event and it didn't work there either (except for status bar).
Can anyone tell me why it doesn't work? When I step through it, it does work.
Thanks.

What if you add:

frmInput.Repaint

at the end?