Subject Re: STATUS MESSAGE From <rich@autotraker.com> <<rich@autotraker.com>> Date Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:40:12 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started If _app.statusBar = true and you have the shell turned on. Then the statusBar will appear at the bottom of your framewin when running from a EXE. So yes, if you are turning off the shell it will not appear. I believe your form also has to be MDI=true. I don't quite remember since I also use shell( false,false) which can't display the statusBar. If I remember right, I think there is a status bar that someone wrote that may help. Try the dUFLP. Rich... "Mustansir Ghor"  wrote in message news:f6laYpy4UHA.1860@ip-AC1E04A7... Dear Andy Thanks. But status bar does not appear in exe as it shows in IDE. When I test in IDE it display the status message. Could this be because of shell( false, false ) in statup program. Regards Mustansir Andy Taylor Wrote: > Hi Mustansir, > > SET DESIGN OFF has no effect on the status message shown in the status > bar. > The status message is always displayed (in runtime or the IDE) unless you > have turned the status bar off using _app.statusbar > > Andy > > > Dear All > > > > I am using ENTRYFIELD property of statusmessage to display relevant > > message on entering value. I wonder how this message will appear when I > > run an exe file in which when I compile has setting of SET DESIGN OFF. > > > > Can anybody guide on this as to how this message can be displayed > > > > Best Regards > > Mustansir >