>You might try SET STATUS OFF and SET NOTIFY OFF.
>
>Marcia

I agree with Marcia.
But if you insist on havin the status bar visible, you can set the statusbartext for each control in the baseclass.
You say you can't do it for ActiveX etc.
A good habit is already of subclassing ActiveX controls and don't use them directly. This way you can set the StatusBarText for this control as well.
Oops. Other option. If you create a container class and drop the activeX control on it, your ActiveX is subclassed. Then from within the GotFocus/LostFocus of this container(activeX) class set/reset the status bar message.