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Script step to Show Status Area, Lock, does not seem to lock it in the
visible position. The user is able to hide the status area in spite of
the script step that supposedly locks it. Is this a bug, or am I not
doing it right?

Background:

Normally have Status Area hidden, in accordance with widely accepted
practice.

In some scripts, have step to show the status area before a Pause, then
later hide it.

I show the status area in order to make the Continue button visible
while the script is paused. This is particularly necessary when pausing
in the Preview mode to let the user examine a report before printing it.

I also have Continue buttons in layouts that are intended for certain
user input during the script pause. However, layout buttons don't work
in the Preview mode, and I have the buttons set not to print, even if
they are on the layout, so they don't show up in the Preview mode.

Users do unexpected things. I have a general expectation that a user
will do anything that can be done, even though that is not what he is
supposed to do in the circumstances. So making the design as foolproof
as possible is very desirable.

Hence my attempt to Lock the Status area in the Visible condition in the
Show Status Area script step.

But the lock does not prevent the user from hiding the Status Area.

What is wrong?

In article
<bbcollins-3BE135.16525716102009 (AT) 70-3-168-216 (DOT) pools.spcsdns.net>,
Bill <bbcollins (AT) earthlink (DOT) net> wrote:

Found the problem: Another script step that shows the status area, with
no lock. This unlocked the previous lock. Fixed that and it worked fine.