Status bar - URGENT help

[thriveni]

I am unable to get that status bar to display in my
startup form.
the tools->startup menu has status bar checked. I have
also programmatically set it using

dbs.Properties("StartupShowStatusBar") = true

but the following commands do nothing.
SysCmd(acSysCmdInitMeter, "hello can u read this ?", 200)
ret_val = SysCmd(acSysCmdUpdateMeter, 30)

Am i missing something ? I can only see the DB record
movement bar at the bottom of the screen. Can I also turn
this off ?

 

[Me]

is your form's modal property set to True?

 

[thriveni]

it was not set to true since it is the main form of my
program. I did try to set it as modal but that did not
help. when i maximize the form, i can see the status bar.
how can i see it when it is not maximized ?

 

[thriveni]

it was not set to true since it is the main form of my
program. I did try to set it as modal but that did not
help. when i maximize the form, i can see the status bar.
how can i see it when it is not maximized ?

 

[thriveni]

it was not set to true since it is the main form of my
program. I did try to set it as modal but that did not
help. when i maximize the form, i can see the status bar.
how can i see it when it is not maximized ?