Hello Bill,

It's probably being hidden and locked by a script that runs when
opening the file. Go to the File Menu and choose File Options and look
for Perform Script in the "When opening this file" section. Then go to
the Scripts menu and choose Manage Scripts or ScriptMaker (dependent
on what version of FileMaker you have) and find that script.

In the script, you're looking for a script step called Show/Hide
Status Area. You'll want to wrap it in a condition where if Get (
AccountPrivilegeSetName ) or Get ( PrivilegeSetName ), again,
depending on version, equals YourLimitedUsePrivilegeSet, Show/Hide
Status Area [Show], else Show/Hide Status Area [Lock; Hide].

Best regards,
-- 
Damon Casey
Automating Data Ltd.
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On 17 August 2010 20:47, Bill Wallace <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I am having a difficulty with a status bar. Even though I log in as an administrator the status bar is still grayed out. There is probably a switch some where that is set to off, but I cannot find it.
> I want to turn the status bar on for a user with limited us of the file.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Wallace
> Librarian
> Manzano Day School
> Albuquerque  NM
>