StatusBar Control

[cocoking]

How do I close a statusbar control?
Is it possible to change an existing caption of a status item?

TYVM

[l3whmg]

Hi Cocoking,
my answer is Yes and I'm refer to HMG 3.

For example:
You have defined some StatusItems like these:

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DEFINE STATUSBAR
  STATUSITEM "Database name: " + cDbName WIDTH 250
  STATUSITEM "User Name : " + cUserName WIDTH 250
 END STATUSBAR

where cDbName and cUserName are vars (Public, Local, etc.): in this way, you can add variable data (for example)

You can modify one (or more) STATUSITEM caption with:

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FormName.StatusBar.Item(1) :=  "DataBase name: " + cDbName
FormName.StatusBar.Item(2) :=  "User name: " + cUserName

Pay attention to the ordinal number!

Best regards

[cocoking]

Thank you, l3whmg.

Due to pressing issues at work, I can only try your suggestion over the weekend.

Followup, please:

1. From your example, is it correct to say that status bar items are implemented as arrays?
2. How do I close the status bar?

Thanks again.

[l3whmg]

Hi Cocoking

1. From your example, is it correct to say that status bar items are implemented as arrays?

I don't understand the purpose of your question Any way: since there is a unique name to each item, I believe that developers have used an array and for this reason we must refer to each item with a number. I don't read about this form "FormName.StatusBar.ItemName.Caption"

2. How do I close the status bar?

I think you can't close a status bar: there isn't this method on the manual. On the other hand, why close a status bar?

Best regards

[cocoking]

I have thought of closing the status bar (and reopening it) because I can't find a way to to change the status items. But now that you taught me how to "manipulate" the status bar, I may no longer need to close.

Thank you for your help.