Display macro status?

[Bidwin]

I'm an infrequent macro user working with VB6. Is there any way to display processing status of a Word macro without requiring a user's response? I've tried MsgBox and Print (to immediate window), but MsgBox required a button click and the msg disappeared after the click. Print did work when testing using F8 step through, but it didn't display anything once the macro started running.

My macro writes files, and I'd like to display the number of files written at increments of 1,000 and the elapsed time for writing each increment of files.

Thanks,
bidwin

 

[Macropod]

You can easily display a progress report on the status bar:
Application.StatusBar = "My Message"

 

[Bidwin]

Thanks, Macropod. Statusbar did the trick!
Bill B.