Read Status bar text

Hi:

I am trying to read the status bar text like
"Downloading http://..."
appears when an image or sound file is being downloaded,
which I use to
detect that a file is being downloaded and
"Done" to detect completion.
The following does not work. Can some one suggest me an idea
to do
this.

var stattext = window.status
alert(stattext); //this display empty string
if (sttext.indexOf("Download") >= 0) {
	//some code
}

//This only work if you assign a text to status bar, and
then read it

stattext = "Any Text";
alert(window.status); //display "Any Text"


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You can't tell when the browser changes the status line...
the only
thing you can read from it is stuff you write to it. This is
a security
matter, so you can't read (for instance) the
"Connecting to
http://yourcompetitor.co
m..." when a user leaves your site.


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