>>THISFORMSET.frmDataView.ctlStatusBar.Panels(1) = "Scale: 1 to " + LTRIM(STR((THISFORMSET.gnScale)))
>>THISFORMSET.frmDataView.ctlStatusBar.Panels("Scale") = "Scale: 1 to " + LTRIM(STR((THISFORMSET.gnScale)))
>
>Looks like you've been looking at the VB samples...
>
>VB supports default properties and methods, while VFP does not. The default property for
>a Panel object is Text. In VFP you'd need to explicitly specify Panels(1).Text...
>
>+++ Rick ---

Thanks for the help. ".Text" solved the problem. But, I do not understand why it used to work without ".Text".