>I should know this, but can't seem to recall or find in VFP5 help...
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>I have a textbox on a form, with ReadOnly set to .T. , if the user tries to edit it anyway, the message "The Control is Read Only." appears.
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>Q: How do I modify the message to say something else?
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>Thanks all
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>-Rick

Try setting up its Statusbartext property.