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You can do this using the SysCmd() function.<br />
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If you look that up in VBA Help ... all the details are there.<br />
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mx
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You can do this using the SysCmd() function.

If you look that up in VBA Help ... all the details are there.

mx

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Thanks, &nbsp;I seem to remember some refence to Application but that might have been Excel. &nbsp;Works like a charm.
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Thanks,  I seem to remember some refence to Application but that might have been Excel.  Works like a charm.

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You are welcome.<br />
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Check out the info in the Help file. You can also use it as a progress meter on the Status bar (the area you were referring to) ... it works pretty cool.<br />
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mx
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You are welcome.

Check out the info in the Help file. You can also use it as a progress meter on the Status bar (the area you were referring to) ... it works pretty cool.

mx

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I run a VBA routine in Access whereby I populate a table. &nbsp;I would like to display a message on the bottom of the screen in the bar where the READY and the caps lock message displays (or someplace else if not there) that shows where I am in the process of updating. &nbsp;How can I do this? &nbsp;I seem to recall that there is a simple one line command that allows me to do this.<br />
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Rich
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I run a VBA routine in Access whereby I populate a table.  I would like to display a message on the bottom of the screen in the bar where the READY and the caps lock message displays (or someplace else if not there) that shows where I am in the process of updating.  How can I do this?  I seem to recall that there is a simple one line command that allows me to do this.

Rich

Display message during VBA execution in Access

Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.