Khaled:
In fact I have no problem with the "forced" syntax in OPEN/CLOSE. After all there is no possibility of name collision with other windows (AFAIK there is no possibility of a space in their name). Perhaps the solution could be to add a specific prefix for status windows?
I just thought that this could be a bug since other "on" events don't need the extra *.
Examples:
on *:HOTLINK:*:Status Window:...
on *:ACTIVE:Status Window:...
PS: have you received my PM about an old "line marker" bug?