Reference textbox from modules in Access (error 424) . . .

This is driving me nuts.

I have an access database, with a form called frmStatus.
The form has txtStatus and lblStatus
I have a module which wants to change the value of the textbox or label on the form (I don't care which)

I keep getting a runtime error '424' (object required).
The:
DoCmd.OpenForm ("frmstatus")

works because it indeed opens the form.

It appears that the form name is recognized because when I type it in lower case, it changes the S to upper case, but none of these commands seem to work (all generate that error):

Option Compare Database
Public Sub main()
DoCmd.OpenForm ("frmstatus")
Set frmstatus.txtStatus.Text = "mike"
frmstatus!txtStatus.Value = "mike"
Set frmstatus.txtStatus.Value = "mike"
frmstatus.lblstatus.Value = "mike"
frmstatus.lblstatus.Text = "mike"
frmstatus!txtStatus.Text = 1

I must be missing something fairly fundamental,

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
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