This was a simple approach but what you asked for.

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Hans" wrote in message
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thanks


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try

application.statusbar="your message here"
code
appliation.statusbar=""

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"hans" wrote in
message
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I have a macro that takes quite a long to run and I
would
like to show some kind of message during processing,
like "Please wait - data being processed". What is the
best way to do this?

Hans




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