>Just messing around with the status bar in VFP 6...
>
>I have the following little function...
>

>FUNCTION SetStatusBarText
>LPARAMETERS lOnOff,lcText
>LOCAL oDummy	
>
>	IF lOnOff
>		SET STATUS BAR ON
>	ELSE
>		SET STATUS BAR OFF
>	ENDIF
>	
>	IF lOnOff
>		oDummy=CREATEOBJECT("editbox")
>		odummy.statusbartext=lcText
>		odummy.setfocus()
>	ENDIF	
>
>ENDFUNC
>
>

>
>Well it does what I want and sets some text on the status bar (this is all I want!!!!)
>
>But it also shows the currently opne table and the record number and count
>like normal.
>
>Is there someway to get rid of the extra text with the record number and count..
>
>thanks

Have you tried:
SET TALK OFF
SET MESSAGE TO "My Message"