Scroll Text In Your Status Bar

You can use this code to set a scrolling text in status bar.
' In the Global (Declaration)

Dim Progress As Integer
Dim companyname As String
Dim disptimer As notestimer




Sub Postopen(Source As Notesuidocument)
companyname="Lotus Corporation"
progress=50
Set disptimer=New notestimer(1,"Progress")
On Event alarm From disptimer Call elapsedtimer
End Sub


'In the form events add the below function

Sub elapsedtimer(source As notestimer)
Print ".";Space(progress);"Copyright ? 1999 " & companyname
progress=progress-2
If progress<0 Or progress=0 Then
progress=150
End If
End Sub

This was first published in November 2000

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