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>>>>I don't know. When the control has the focus, the text shows for me.
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>>>I think something is missing in my form LOAD method that makes the messages set in .StatusBarText to appear. I just can't remember what this SET... is.
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>>Again, I've changed nothing, the text just appears when the control has focus. Do you have any SET MESSAGE code somewhere in your form?
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>What I was missing is SET STATUS BAR ON. Now I can see where the entry in .StatusBarText will appear (I should have guessed from the beginning just by the name of it <g>).
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>Now I am thinking if it is a good idea to have the STATUS bar in my application. I want to make sure this will cause any side effects.

It may cause undesired SYSTEM messages coming up. One message related to comboboxes I can not get rid off and it's really driving me nuts. David Frankenbach suspects this problem would not be fixed in SP1.