NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #26/NN_1992_26.iso/spool/comp/os/mswindo/programm/misc/3293

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From: [e-mail] (Damien P. Neil)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
Subject: Re: Status lines in MDI frame windows: how?
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 16:33:47 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ron Murray) writes:
>   How are the dinky little grey status lines on MDI frame windows (like the
>WfW status line: the one with the current line/column, caps lock status etc.)
>done? The fact that they all look very much alike from app to app makes me
>suspect that there's a standard function that does it, but I can't seem to
>find any reference to it. Or do you have to do it the hard way by creating
>child windows, limiting the size of the client area, and so on?

There are no functions specifically for creating these bars. It is not very
hard to do so, however. You just need to add two functions -- one to draw
the bar in response to a WM_PAINT message to the MDI frame window, and one
to resize to MDI client when the frame receives a WM_MOVE message. You just
size the client to the same size as the frame, minus a bit of height.

If you are using BC++, I seem to remember that one of the example programs
uses a status bar and is a good source to see how it works.

Hope this helps!
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| Damien Neil | [e-mail] | Case Western Reserve University |
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