Application.StatusBar Property (Excel)
Returns or sets the text in the status bar. Read/write String.
Syntax
expression .StatusBar
expression A variable that represents an Application object.
Remarks
This property returns False if Microsoft Excel has control of the status bar. To restore the default status bar text, set the property to False; this works even if the status bar is hidden.
Example
This example sets the status bar text to "Please be patient..." before it opens the workbook Large.xls, and then it restores the default text.
oldStatusBar = Application.DisplayStatusBar
Application.DisplayStatusBar = True
Application.StatusBar = "Please be patient..."
Workbooks.Open filename:="LARGE.XLS"
Application.StatusBar = False
Application.DisplayStatusBar = oldStatusBar