// Using showStatus() with exclamation mark
// protects the status message.

  for (loop=1; loop<=3; loop++) {
      close("Abc");
      newImage("Abc", "8-bit noise", 400, 400, 1);
      if (loop<3)
         showStatus("!Process Image #" + loop + " (status bar protected)");
      else
         showStatus("Process Image #3 (status bar not protected)");
      for (jj=0; jj<90; jj++) {
         run("Rotate... ", "angle=1");
         wait(15);
         run("Smooth");
         wait(15);
      }
   }