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twcman

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I would like to use the status bar for something useful for a change... I have a page cold fusion page that checks an email account for messages. When the page loads I use the onload event, with a return true at the end, to display &quot;checking email&quot;. But when it is finished I would like it to blank out. I tried a <script>window.status=''</script> in the body at the end of the page but it did not display a blank.

How else could this be accomplished?

The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked
 
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umm, something like this might work:
Code: 
<script language=&quot;javascript&quot;><!--
window.status = &quot;&quot;;
//--></script>

hope it helps. The pen is mightier than the sword.
 
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thanks for the input but I already tried that. did not work. sorry... The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked
 
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hmm. try one of these:
<body onMouseOver=&quot;window.status=''&quot;>

or

<script language=&quot;javascript&quot;><!--
window.defaultStatus=&quot;&quot;;
//--></script>

hope these help The pen is mightier than the sword.
 
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