Suppress splash-screen while importing CGM graphic?

[Mike]

Is there a way to suppress the splash-screen/progress bar displayed while
importing CGM graphics?

Wrote a template to import a large number of CGM files into Word documents.
Added my own progess bars and would like not to display the CGM filter splash
screen...

The line of code I'm using to insert the graphic is:

Selection.InlineShapes.AddPicture FileName:=szPictSelected,
LinkToFile:=False, SaveWithDocument:=True

Thanks,
Mike