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Description of MUSHclient world function: world.SetStatus


Name SetStatus
Type Method
Summary Sets the status line text
Prototype void SetStatus(BSTR Message);
Description

This sets the status line (at the bottom of the screen) to the nominated text. It is useful for keeping track of things. The status line is separately maintained for each world.

VBscript example
world.setstatus "Current HP = " & Cstr (world.getvariable ("hp"))
Jscript example
world.SetStatus("Current HP = " + world.GetVariable("hp"));
PerlScript example
$world->SetStatus("Current HP = " . $world->GetVariable("hp"));
Python example
world.SetStatus("Current HP = " + world.GetVariable("hp"))
Lua example
SetStatus ("Current HP = ", GetVariable("hp"))
Lua notes
You can supply multiple arguments, which are concatenated together.
Returns Nothing.

See also ...

Function Description
Note Sends a note to the output window
Send Sends a message to the MUD
SetCommand Sends text to the command window
SetTitle Sets the world window title

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