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**GetValueFromStatusBar( **//statuszone//** )**

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| **GetValueFromStatusBar** | Retrieve text from a window status bar. |
| //statuszone// | An LONG integer that indicates which status bar section the text is to be retrieved from. |

The **GetValueFromStatusBar** method is used to return the contents of a selected window's status bar zone for use in other areas of the graph control (i.e., tool tips).

**Return Data Type:**     STRING

**Implementation:**

The **GetValueFromStatusBar** method is called from the ToShowValues method.

**See Also:**     [[alltext return full graph text information .htm|AllText]] , [[toshowvalues show all composite text to all graph targets .htm|ToShowValues]]