[AccessD] [EXTERNAL] Text in the Status Bar

[Shane Groff]

SysCmd(acSysCmdClearStatus) should be sufficient to restore the status bar behavior to showing control status text.
If you have more details than 'seeing some unexpected results', ideally a database that demonstrates the problem that you can share, then we could investigate.

We are aware of a bug with the status bar text being truncated inappropriately in some cases, but it has not been resolved yet.

Shane

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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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