>>>>>I am working on an app that will begin with a top-level form. Is the graphical status bar not accessible for a top-level form is the main VFP screen is supressed (SCREEN=OFF)?
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>>>>>If that is the case, is there another class/control that can be used to display VFP status bar text at the bottom of a top-level form?
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>>>>>Happy Holidays!
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>>>>You can use Active-x Status Bar control (Tools/Options/Controls)
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>>>OK, this is where I get to act like a complete newbie to VFP. I added SBarCtrl to my topform from the Component Gallery; it now shows on the form as 'app_topform.olecontrol1'
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>>>When I select "SBarCtrl Properties" from the menu, I am lost. And, unfortunately, the Help topic for this control is not working. So, here is the stupid question...how do I get the VFP Status text to appear in the first pane of the control? How do I add something like "Inser/Overwrite" mode to a second pane?
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>>>Thanks in advance. As was mentioned earlier, this forum is incredible in its depth of knowledge and willingness to help!!
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>>After you drop OLEStatusBar on your form, you may use following:
>>thisform.oleStatusbar.panels.add && to increase number of panels
>>thisform.oleStatusbar.panels(1).text="qwe1" && set text in the first panel
>>thisform.oleStatusbar.panels(2).text="qwe2" && set text in the secon panel, etc.
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>Where does this code go? Or, better yet, how do I add this to the "SBarCtrl Properties" popup from the Class Designer? And what is the significance of "qwe?"
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>::scratching head::
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>Thanks!

These commands allow you to customize Status Bar: increase number of panels and put appropriate text (not necessarily 'qwe') there. I have a concern that we have different ActiveX, I use VFP5.