StatusBarText Property

Applies To

Bound Object Frame Control, Check Box Control, Combo Box Control, Command Button Control, Form, List Box Control, Option Button Control, Option Group Control, Subform/Subreport Control, Text Box Control, Toggle Button Control, Unbound Object Frame Control.

Description

You can use the StatusBarText property to specify the text that is displayed in the status bar when a control is selected.

Note The StatusBarText property applies only to controls on a form.

Setting

You set the StatusBarText property using a string expression up to 255 characters long.

You can set this property in the or control’s property sheet or using a macro or Visual Basic.

You can also set this property using the control’s default control style.

Note The length of the text you can display in the status bar depends on your computer hardware and video display.

Remarks

You can use the StatusBarText property to provide specific information about a control. For example, when a text box has the focus, a brief instruction can tell the user what kind of data to enter.

If you create a control by dragging a field from the field list, the value in a field’s Description property is copied to the StatusBarText property.

See Also

Caption Property, Description Property.