SAMPLE: Code Demonstrates Window Status Bar

• Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1

An application can implement a status bar at the bottom of its main window to provide information to the user. For example, Microsoft Word for Windows and Microsoft Excel for Windows provide status bars. The status bar in these applications presents the state of the CAPS LOCK key, insert mode, extended selection mode, and so forth. STATBAR is a file in the Microsoft Software Library that demonstrates how to create a status bar for an application.

Download STATBAR.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

• Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

        Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
        Download STATBAR.EXE (size: 37980 bytes) 
  

• Internet (anonymous FTP)

        ftp ftp.microsoft.com
        Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
        Get STATBAR.EXE (size: 37980 bytes) 
  

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The STATBAR application creates the status bar when its main window receives a WM_CREATE message. Each time the main window receives a WM_KEYUP message, the application determines whether the released key is a "toggle key," such as the CAPS LOCK, NUM LOCK, or INS key. If so, the application draws the status bar to reflect the current state of the toggle key that changed state. When the status bar receives a WM_PAINT message, the status bar repaints its entire client area.