Status Line Messages

Table 11.4 lists suggested status line messages for commands on the primary container menu (commonly the File menu) of an opened object.

Table 11.4 Primary Container Menu Status Line Messages

Command	Status line message
Update Container-Document	Updates the appearance of this Type Name in Container-Document.
Close & Return to Container-Document	Closes Object Name and returns to Container-Document.
Save Copy As	Saves a copy of Type Name in a separate file.
Exit & Return to Container-Document	Exits Object Application and returns to Container-Document.

Note
If the open object is within an MDI application with other open documents, the Exit & Return To command should simply be "Exit". There is no guarantee of a successful Return To Container-Document after exiting, because the container might be one of the other documents in that MDI instance.

Table 11.5 lists the recommended status line messages for the Edit menu of containers of OLE embedded and linked objects.

Table 11.5 Edit Menu Status Line Messages

Command	Status line message
Paste Object Name1	Inserts the content of the Clipboard as Object Name.
Paste Special	Inserts the content of the Clipboard with format options.
Paste Link [to Object Name1]	Inserts a link to Object Name.
Paste Shortcut [to Object Name1]	Inserts a shortcut icon to Object Name.
Insert Object	Inserts a new object.
[Linked] Object Name1 [Object] Þ	Applies the following commands to Object Name.
[Linked] Object Name Command1 [Object] Þ	Varies based on command.
[Linked] Object Name Properties1 [Object] Þ	Allows properties of Object Name to be viewed or modified.
Links	Allows links to be viewed, updated, opened, or removed.

1 Object Name may be either the object's short type name or its filename.

Table 11.6 lists other related status messages.

Table 11.6 Other Status Line Messages

Command	Status line message
Select Object (when the user selects an object)	Double-click or press ENTER to Default Command Object Name.

Note
The default command stored in the registry contains an ampersand character (&) and the access key indicator; these must be stripped out before the verb is displayed on the status line.