C / C++ / MFC

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// DoCreateStatusBar - creates a status bar and divides it into <br />
//     the specified number of parts. <br />
// Returns the handle to the status bar. <br />
// hwndParent - parent window for the status bar. <br />
// nStatusID - child window identifier. <br />
// hinst - handle to the application instance. <br />
// nParts - number of parts into which to divide the status bar. <br />
HWND DoCreateStatusBar(HWND hwndParent, int nStatusID, <br />
    HINSTANCE hinst, int nParts) <br />
{ <br />
    HWND hwndStatus; <br />
    RECT rcClient; <br />
    HLOCAL hloc; <br />
    LPINT lpParts; <br />
    int i, nWidth; <br />
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    // Ensure that the common control DLL is loaded. <br />
    InitCommonControls(); <br />
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    // Create the status bar. <br />
    hwndStatus = CreateWindowEx( <br />
        0,                       // no extended styles <br />
        STATUSCLASSNAME,         // name of status bar class <br />
        (LPCTSTR) NULL,          // no text when first created <br />
        SBARS_SIZEGRIP |         // includes a sizing grip <br />
        WS_CHILD,                // creates a child window <br />
        0, 0, 0, 0,              // ignores size and position <br />
        hwndParent,              // handle to parent window <br />
        (HMENU) nStatusID,       // child window identifier <br />
        hinst,                   // handle to application instance <br />
        NULL);                   // no window creation data <br />
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    // Get the coordinates of the parent window's client area. <br />
    GetClientRect(hwndParent, &rcClient); <br />
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    // Allocate an array for holding the right edge coordinates. <br />
    hloc = LocalAlloc(LHND, sizeof(int) * nParts); <br />
    lpParts = (LPINT)LocalLock(hloc); <br />
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    // Calculate the right edge coordinate for each part, and <br />
    // copy the coordinates to the array. <br />
    nWidth = rcClient.right / nParts; <br />
    for (i = 0; i < nParts; i++) { <br />
        lpParts[i] = nWidth; <br />
        nWidth += nWidth; <br />
    } <br />
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    // Tell the status bar to create the window parts. <br />
    SendMessage(hwndStatus, SB_SETPARTS, (WPARAM) nParts, <br />
        (LPARAM) lpParts); <br />
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    // Free the array, and return. <br />
    LocalUnlock(hloc); <br />
    LocalFree(hloc); <br />
    return hwndStatus; <br />
} <br />

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statusbar = DoCreateStatusBar(hwnd, ID_STATUSBAR, hInst, 4);<br />