>>>>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?