diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/dlgApproveProcedure.Designer.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/dlgApproveProcedure.Designer.cs
index 7970a8a0..8ec7e75c 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/dlgApproveProcedure.Designer.cs	
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/dlgApproveProcedure.Designer.cs	
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 			this.lblMore = new DevComponents.DotNetBar.LabelX();
 			this.sttMore = new DevComponents.DotNetBar.SuperTooltip();
 			this.pnlRogue = new System.Windows.Forms.Panel();
+			this.tsslStatus = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripStatusLabel();
 			((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.approvalInfoBindingSource)).BeginInit();
 			((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.stageInfoBindingSource)).BeginInit();
 			((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.revTypeBindingSource)).BeginInit();
@@ -228,7 +229,8 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 			// ssMsg2
 			// 
 			this.ssMsg2.Items.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {
-            this.tsslMsg2});
+            this.tsslMsg2,
+            this.tsslStatus});
 			this.ssMsg2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 552);
 			this.ssMsg2.Name = "ssMsg2";
 			this.ssMsg2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(450, 22);
@@ -561,6 +563,11 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 			this.pnlRogue.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(72, 574);
 			this.pnlRogue.TabIndex = 25;
 			// 
+			// tsslStatus
+			// 
+			this.tsslStatus.Name = "tsslStatus";
+			this.tsslStatus.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(0, 17);
+			// 
 			// dlgApproveProcedure
 			// 
 			this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
@@ -628,5 +635,6 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 		private DevComponents.DotNetBar.Controls.CheckBoxX chkSetAllDates;
 		private DevComponents.DotNetBar.ButtonX btnIncrement;
 		private C1.Win.C1FlexGrid.C1FlexGrid fgProcs;
+		private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripStatusLabel tsslStatus;
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/dlgApproveProcedure.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/dlgApproveProcedure.cs
index 44845b28..75e7430b 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/dlgApproveProcedure.cs	
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/dlgApproveProcedure.cs	
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 			if (ConsistencyPrintRequest != null)
 				ConsistencyPrintRequest(this, args);
 		}
+		private bool CanApprove
+		{
+			get { return btnApprove2.Enabled;}
+			set 
+			{
+				btnApprove2.Enabled = value;
+				tsslStatus.ForeColor = Color.Red;
+				tsslStatus.BackColor = Color.Yellow;
+				tsslStatus.Text = value ? "" : "Need to correct the Rev Numbers marked with Question Marks";
+			}
+		}
 		private ApprovalInfo _MyApproval = new ApprovalInfo();
 		private bool _CheckForMore = false;
 		private DocVersionInfo _MyDocVersion;
@@ -499,7 +510,7 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 				{
 					ok = ok && !app.RevNumber.Contains(" ?");
 				}
-				btnApprove2.Enabled = ok;
+				CanApprove = ok;
 			}
 			if (e.Col == 2)
 			{	//revdate
@@ -543,11 +554,14 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 			approvalProcedureBindingSource.ResetBindings(false);
 			if (sb.Length > 0)
 			{
+				sb.AppendLine(); sb.AppendLine();
+				sb.AppendLine("These will be marked with a question mark.");
+				sb.Append("They need to be corrected before Approval can be run.");
 				MessageBox.Show(sb.ToString(), "Increment Failures", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning);
-				btnApprove2.Enabled = false;
+				CanApprove = false;
 			}
 			else
-				btnApprove2.Enabled = true;
+				CanApprove = true;
 		}
 		private bool IncrementRev(ApprovalProcedure ap)
 		{