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Q256066: HOWTO: Use the StatusBar ActiveX Control in Visual FoxPro

Article: Q256066
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbActiveX kbCtrl kbvfp500 kbvfp500a kbvfp600 kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport
Last Modified: 14-MAR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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This article shows how to programmatically access the most common properties and
methods of the StatusBar ActiveX control using Visual FoxPro.

MORE INFORMATION
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A StatusBar control provides a window, usually at the bottom of a parent form,
through which an application can display various kinds of status data. The
StatusBar control can be divided up into a maximum of sixteen Panel objects that
are contained in a Panels collection.
Running the following code illustrates some of the most common usages for the
StatusBar ActiveX control. To use this code, copy it into a new program in
Visual FoxPro and run it.

  Public frmOLETest
  Local lnPanels

  frmOLETest = CREATEOBJECT('Form') && Create Instance of the Form

  With frmOLETest 	&& Set Default Values for the Form
  	.CAPTION = 'StatusBar Control Test Form'
  	.WIDTH = 800
  	.HEIGHT = 200
  	.VISIBLE = .T.
  	.ADDOBJECT('OCXTest','StatusBarControl', ;
  		'MSComctlLib.sBarCtrl.2') && Create Instance of the StatusBar Control
  Endwith

  With frmOLETest.OCXTest 	&& Set Values and options of the StatusBar Control
  *!* Default Panel
  	.Panels(1).TEXT = "Sample Text" 	&& Default Text For Panel 1
  	.Panels(1).TOOLTIPTEXT = "Panel 1"
  	.Panels(1).STYLE = 0

  *!* Additional Panels
  	For lnPanels = 2 TO 8
                .Panels.ADD()							&& Adds Panels 2 to 8
                .Panels(lnPanels).STYLE = lnPanels - 1	&& Show each Panel Style
  *!* Style 0 = Text or Bitmap
  *!* 	 1 = Caps Lock
  *!*	 2 = Num Lock
  *!*	 3 = Insert
  *!*	 4 = Scroll Lock
  *!*	 5 = System Time
  *!*	 6 = System Date
  *!*	 7 = Kana entry (Japanese characters)
                .Panels(lnPanels).TOOLTIPTEXT = "Panel " + ;
  			ALLTRIM(STR(lnPanels))
  	Endfor
  Endwith

  Define CLASS StatusBarControl AS OLECONTROL
  	Visible = .T.
  	Height = 25
  Enddefine

REFERENCES
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For additional information, visit the MSDN Web site and search under: FoxPro
StatusBar Control at: http://msdn.microsoft.com Microsoft Developer Network

The "StatusBar Control" section in CMCTL198.CHM. This Help file is usually
located in the MSDN directory under a Visual Studio 98 installation.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbActiveX kbCtrl kbvfp500 kbvfp500a kbvfp600 kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP500 kbVFP600 kbVFP500a
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a,6.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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