>I have a form with a status bar. I want to update the text displayed on the status bar from a program. Sometimes this form may not be the active form, as this is my main form with the menu on it.
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>How do i access the text property of the status bar. I have tried refering to as follows, but this does not work:
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>frmMain.statusbar1.panel(1).txt = "?????"
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>I also nned to know how can display text to this status bar from the menu. If i add a message for a particular menu item, it displays on the Fox status bar, but not the one on my main form.
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>Thanx

How was this statusbar added to this form you are referring to?