Are you using a framework, and perhaps running a project builder within that framework? Is any kind of projecthook operating?

Another way to look at this same thing - if you create a new project in plain VFP, do the SETs below, and build, do you see the messages?

>Thank you Yousfi,
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>So you ARE getting the messages in status bar even though you cannot catch because of speed. Good.
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>I am not getting results, yet.
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>Alex
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>>then
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>>set statusbar on   &&Displays  the graphical status bar.
>>set status on       &&Displays the character-based status bar.
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>>is suffisent ?
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>>foxhelp; set status on
>>the character-based status bar is displayed showing the name of the program currently executing (if any) the alias of the active table, the current record pointer position, the number of records in the table, and the state of the Insert, NumLock and CapsLock keys. The record or file lock status is also shown in the status bar when the table is opened for shared use. The status bar is updated each time you execute a command that changes status information.
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>>note: when compiling a project the messages on statusbar are very fast ! cannot read them succinctly