>>>>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
>>
>>I can't seem to get that to work
>>
>>If in my menu I set the message to MenuMessage("Select an option") then that function never appears to be run?
>
>Is MenuMessage available in a PRG that's been SET PROCEDURE TO?
>
>I have a menu that uses this, it works OK. In the message box for the menu option I have something like:
>
MnuMessage("About")
>And in the code for the function I have:
>
Function MnuMessage
>LParameters tcMsg
> Do Case
> Case tcMsg = "About"
> lcRet = "General Info about this application"
> *!* ...etc.
> EndCase
>Return lcRet
>HTH
From what I can tell it runs the code when the menu is loaded and sets your messages into the menu. My problem is that as I don't have the status bar visible I can't seem to change the text as the mouse moves over the menu option.
Any thoughts?
Caroline