[AccessD] Text in the Status Bar

[Stuart McLachlan]

TextBox.StatusBarText property 
and 
Application.SysCmd(acSysCmdSetStatusacSysCmdSetStatus, strText)

are not operating system functions. They are standard Access behaviour.


On 25 May 2023 at 21:46, Rocky Smolin wrote:

> Not a solution to your problem - I've never used the status bar. I've
> always tried to keep my code and features as simple as possible. Which
> means not having to count on the operating system to support my app.
> 
> If you reach a dead end, I would put a text box in the lower left
> corner of the form and put your status there. It's guaranteed, I'll
> bet, to work in every version of Access.
> 
> 
> r
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 8:21PM Paul Wolstenholme <
> Paul.W at industrialcontrol.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have an Access 2010 application running on client computers with
> > various Access versions. In some instances I use VBA to set, and
> > then later to clear, a status bar message:
> >
> > ' Set a status bar message
> > SysCmd(acSysCmdSetStatus, "A message goes here")
> >
> > ' Clear any status bar message
> > SysCmd(acSysCmdSetStatus, " ")
> >
> > From that point I would like the status bar to show the content of
> > the status bar text property of the current form's current control.
> >
> > I've been seeing some unexpected results on Access 2016 during a
> > site visit where detailed testing wasn't practical (the licence was
> > Office Professional 2016).  I don't have that version on my own
> > computers. My research is showing some references to
> >
> > SysCmd(acSysCmdClearStatus)
> >
> > or
> > SysCmd(acSysCmdSetStatus, " ")
> > SysCmd(acSysCmdClearStatus)
> >
> > Does anyone know what command sequence can be relied upon to return
> > the status bar to displaying the status bar text property on all
> > Access versions (or at least >= 2010)?
> >
> > I've also seen Access 2016 showing a truncated version of the status
> > bar text property.  Can anyone please tell me how that might come
> > about?  There is no usage of the progress bar in the database so I
> > hoping that isn't it.
> >
> > Paul Wolstenholme
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