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OpenInsight provides a convenient property named STATUSLINE as a way to direct help text for menu items and bitmap buttons to a particular edit line control. Often this edit line sits at the bottom of an MDI Frame or other primary window where most users are trained to look for various application messages. For most status bar uses, the SRP StatusBar control nicely replaces the normal edit line control, including the ability to display help text for SRP Button controls (viz. SRP Status option in the PaneType property). This article explains how the SRP StatusBar can be used to display help text for regular OpenInsight menu items and bitmap buttons.

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