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- From: ae302@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Peter Haller)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Subject: Re: Status lines in MDI frame windows: how?
- Date: 7 Nov 1992 18:12:01 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1992Nov7.210839.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
- Reply-To: ae302@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Peter Haller)
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- In a previous article, nmurrayr@cc.curtin.edu.au (Ron Murray) says:
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- > 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?
- >
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- The hardway. I just brokedown and developed a custom control that I keep in
- a DLL. This way I have a configurable 'status' window class for everything
- I do. The hardway, yes, but I only had to do it once.
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- PCH
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