>Hi,
>
>Does anybody out there know if there is a way of getting the Menu message text to appear on a custom status bar ie the Microsoft Statusbar control?
>
>Thanks

You could set the message text to a function on a PRG available through SET PROCEDURE and set the message text to the status bar from there, as well as returning the same string.

Thisform.Statusbar1.Panels(1).Text = "Hello!"

HTH