How to write to the IDEA Status Bar?

I would like to visually inform the user as to what the script is working on. Like, "Processing records for VENDOR Ace Hardware", followed by "processing records for VENDOR Home Depot",  "processing records for VENDOR Lowes", etc. This would update over time as the system was doing different things, but require no user intervention. A progress bar is not specific enough for what I need to convey, i.e. vendor name.
So, anyone have a way to write to the IDEA status bar?  
 
I'd like to let the user know what the script is doing, without a modal dialog that makes things stop untill clicked.
 
Thanks for any suggestions!
 
I looked in the language browser, which tells what is displayed, but doesn't hint about how to add text...
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Status Bar
The Status bar located at the bottom of the IDEA application window displays the following information:
 

• Context-sensitive help
• The Desktop project folder path (for local databases)
• The linked IDEA Server project name (if applicable) otherwise will display Not connected to IDEA Server
• The connected IDEA ServerIDEA Server is a powerful data analysis application that operates using network servers. While you view the data and perform your analysis using the IDEA client installed on your computer, all your data storage and processing is done on a server. For more information, visit the IDEA Server area on the CaseWare IDEA Web site. name, if applicable (hover your cursor over IDEA Server Project)
• The number of records in the active database
• The disk space available in the project folder  

 
 
 
 
Rob