I have a program that works great on my developement PC. I like to keep
the user informed so I put a lot of notices on the Status Bar (they like
it!). I take this same .exe to another PC and it runs great.... sans the
Status Bar messages?????  Where did they go ?????

Thanks, Craig.

ComCtl32.dll has struck again?

What does that mean?   Are there funnies with ComCtl32.dll?

Andrew Spencer

Craig,

never heard about encrypted messages?   ;-)
OK, joking apart: as TStatusBar belongs to unit comctrls, *I suppose* it
depends on M$ ComCtl32.dll, like ToolBar and others. Your problem might
go away by updating comctl32 to the same version on all machines running
your prog.
M$ are causing lots of trouble everytime they release a new version of
comctl32. Scan your newsgroups for 'comctl', you'll find several threads
about the subject (disappearing bitmaps on ToolButtons when installing
apps on new machines etc.). See, for instance
- vcl.components.using
- vcl.components.writing
- winapi
- graphics

Have fun  ...  Andreas

I have had the same sort of problems.  I think it's because the message is
not being processed right away, but haven't been able to find a solution.
Sometimes placing an Application.ProcessMessages after setting the Status
bar text will resolve the problem, but not in all cases.
Try it.

Thanks Brian:

I already had the Application.ProcessMessages in when the problem kicked
in. I think it's a .dll inconsistancy. It seem to be OK on most other
computers.