>I've tried to create a form with only the status bar in it and it works. The form is just the size of the statusbar and has no title so it looks as a normal status bar. In the init event I then place the form at the bottom of the screen and resize it to fit the screen, so far so good. Now to the problem. Is there anyway to make the form resize if I change the size of the main VFP window?
>Is this good method or will I run into some problems later?

As I recall, that was one of the main reasons I went to top-levels to begin with, there was a problem picking up _screen resizing & Windowstate. There wasn't any good consistent way to pick up changes, like Paint, for example, or a Timer to check...that's what top-levels are good at...