Thanks for your reply Paul,
What I found was happening was, something like window.status=msg only
had effect if one was getting it off the webserver. It didn't work on
the version on my local machine.
Glad that's sorted out!
On 10/01/06, Paul BH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The solution I am using is much the same as yours:
>
> //JavaScript:
> function displayStatus(theStatus){
> var msg = theStatus;
> window.status = msg;
> }
>
> Bear in mind though that this will not work in Firefox (and possibly
> Safari - havent checked on a mac) - on these browsers, Javascript
> cannot be used to change the status bar unless the user has
> specifically allowed it...
>
> hth
>
> PBH
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