Subject Re: STATUS MESSAGE From Andy Taylor <andy.taylor.1959@outlook.com> Date Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:27:18 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Andy slaps forehead... he forgot about shell Nice one Rich > 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 > >