I inserted the following code in today's project, which is a custom optimizer:

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Any ideas why I'm not getting any debug output from this method?

Second question -- The documentation talks about being able to create a separate tab. Is there any way to simply display a message in the status bar, etc.? As indicated in the comment, I'd like to be able to display the performance benefit of this optimizer over an exhaustive optimization.

Finally, at the risk of repeating what I suggested last year, I'm assuming there is nothing I can put in a custom optimizer to prevent the message box from showing when the Optimization is complete. I'd much prefer to generate a sound instead.

I think you need "override" in your method signature...

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This works in Particle Swarm Optimizer.

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Finally, at the risk of repeating what I suggested last year, I'm assuming there is nothing I can put in a custom optimizer to prevent the message box from showing when the Optimization is complete. I'd much prefer to generate a sound instead.

Your assumption is absolutely correct: it's not possible to override this behavior. Please voice your opinion to Fidelity.

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Is there any way to simply display a message in the status bar, etc.?

Eugene -- Do I have any options besides adding a tab?

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Please voice your opinion to Fidelity.

I did last year, but I'll call them again today.

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I think you need "override" in your method signature...

That was the problem. Thank you.

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I did last year, but I'll call them again today.

One thing you could try is to come up with an AutoIT script that suppresses those messages.