Marc,

You can create your own 'statusbar' by placing a label (ThisForm.lblStatusBar in the example below) or textbox where you want your statusbar to appear and then using a timer whose timer event does the following:

if type( "_Screen.ActiveForm.lblStatusBar.Caption" ) == "C"
_Screen.ActiveForm.lblStatusBar.Caption = _VFP.StatusBar
endif

_VFP.StatusBar holds the most recent VFP statusbar message set by your menu system or an explicit SET MESSAGE TO ... command.

I set my timer interval for 100 ms (1/10 second).

If you're using VFP 9 you can use the new Anchor property to have your statusbar label or textbox automatically anchor itself to the bottom of your main form and resize in synch with your main form.

Hope this helps!
Malcolm