>>>>This is driving me nuts. As I code, I tend to look down at the status bar to see the what line I'm on. Or when I am working with tables I like to see what record I am on. Lately, in VFP 8, this has been going blank, as though something is processing a SET MESSAGE TO "" or _VFP.StatusBar = "". I can process a SET MESSAGE TO and it fixes the problem, for a short time. I have not been able to pinpoint where it happens.
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>>>>Does anybody else see this?
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>>>There is a new SET command in VFP 8, SET NOTIFY CURSOR. When you set it to OFF, you don't get the table information in the status bar.
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>>>Tamar
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>>I would tend to agree, if the SET MESSAGE TO command didn't bring this back. And if SET NOTIFY CURSOR ON would make it appear, however, this isn't the case.
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>More on-again off-again things like the field comments in the database designer I reported yesterday.
>I sure hope that VFP Team folk are taking note of all these things to address them in a SP.

Jim,

I am noticing this after running the PRG or working with the ToolBox in VFP 8. Have you seen any correlation?