how to make a status bar on an hta?

[Quasius]

I am making a hypertext application from a javascrpt app I had made previously. (Because I need acess to the file reading and writing functions of an hta.)
But my application makes extensive use of the status bar to give information to the user. But there is not statusbar in an hta. Futhremore, there is no attribute to enable it, as far as I can tell.
It seems to me that there has to be a way to force the status bar to appear on an hta, but I can't find it. Can anyone help me?

Thanks.

[Quasius]

Alright... if this is impossible (given the lack of replies), is there an element I can use that is some kind of static label that I can change the content of with using JavaScript? (Similar to how you can change the "src" of an image.)
If I cannot have the status bar, I need to duplicate its function.