Problem with status pane

I'm trying to use the status pane to display some text.

Here's the code I have in mainfrm.h:

Code:

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// MainFrm.cpp : implementation of the CMainFrame class
//

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "HotView.h"
#include "HotViewView.h"
#include "Dlgbar.h"
#include "MainFrm.h"
#include "mapi.h"
#include "cmapi.h"
#include "family.h"
#include <SypODLAll.h>
#include <afxdtctl.h>
#include <sypodlall.h>

#ifdef _DEBUG
#define new DEBUG_NEW
#undef THIS_FILE
static char THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;
#endif

#ifndef WS_EX_LAYERED
#define WS_EX_LAYERED 0x00080000
#define LWA_COLORKEY  0x00000001
#define LWA_ALPHA    0x00000002
#endif

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CMainFrame

IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC(CMainFrame, CMDIFrameWnd)

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CMainFrame, CMDIFrameWnd)
        //{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CMainFrame)
        ON_WM_CREATE()
        ON_WM_CLOSE()
        ON_WM_ACTIVATE()
        ON_WM_KILLFOCUS()
        //}}AFX_MSG_MAP
        ON_NOTIFY(DTN_CLOSEUP, IDC_DATETIMEPICKER1, OnCloseupDatetimepicker1)
        ON_BN_CLICKED(IDC_BUTTONSEND, OnButtonsend)
        ON_COMMAND(IDR_UPDATESTATUSBAR, OnRemoteUpdateStatusBarCommand)
        ON_UPDATE_COMMAND_UI(ID_INDICATOR_TEXT, OnUpdateText)
        ON_MENUXP_MESSAGES()
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

static UINT indicators[] =
{
        ID_INDICATOR_TEXT,
        ID_SEPARATOR,          // status line indicator
        ID_INDICATOR_CAPS,
        ID_INDICATOR_NUM,
        ID_INDICATOR_SCRL,
};

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CMainFrame construction/destruction

CMainFrame::CMainFrame()
{
        // TODO: add member initialization code here
       
}

CMainFrame::~CMainFrame()
{
}

int CMainFrame::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct)
{
        if (CMDIFrameWnd::OnCreate(lpCreateStruct) == -1)
                return -1;       

        if (!m_wndToolBar.CreateEx(this) ||
                !m_wndToolBar.LoadToolBar(IDR_MAINFRAME))
        {
                TRACE0("Failed to create toolbar\n");
                return -1;      // fail to create
        }
        if (!m_wndDlgBar.Create(this, IDR_MAINFRAME, CBRS_ALIGN_TOP, IDR_MAINFRAME))
        {
                TRACE0("Failed to create dialogbar\n");
                return -1;                // fail to create
        }
       
        if (!m_wndReBar.Create(this) ||
                !m_wndReBar.AddBar(&m_wndToolBar) ||
                !m_wndReBar.AddBar(&m_wndDlgBar))
        {
                TRACE0("Failed to create rebar\n");
                return -1;      // fail to create
        }

        if (!m_wndStatusBar.Create(this) ||
                !m_wndStatusBar.SetIndicators(indicators,
                  sizeof(indicators)/sizeof(UINT)))
        {
                TRACE0("Failed to create status bar\n");
                return -1;      // fail to create
        }
        m_wndStatusBar.SetPaneStyle(0,SBPS_STRETCH);
        m_wndStatusBar.SetWindowText("Test");

        // TODO: Remove this if you don't want tool tips
        m_wndToolBar.SetBarStyle(m_wndToolBar.GetBarStyle() |
                CBRS_TOOLTIPS | CBRS_FLYBY);


return TRUE;  // return TRUE unless you set the focus to a control
                      // EXCEPTION: OCX Property Pages should return FALSE

        m_wndStatusBar.SetWindowText("test");
        m_wndStatusBar.UpdateWindow();

       
        return 0;
}

BOOL CMainFrame::PreCreateWindow(CREATESTRUCT& cs)
{
        if( !CMDIFrameWnd::PreCreateWindow(cs) )
                return FALSE;
        // TODO: Modify the Window class or styles here by modifying
        //  the CREATESTRUCT cs
        cs.style &= ~FWS_ADDTOTITLE;        // remove document title stuff

        return CMDIFrameWnd::PreCreateWindow(cs);
}

void CMainFrame::OnUpdateFrameMenu (HMENU hMenuAlt)
{
    CMDIFrameWnd::OnUpdateFrameMenu (hMenuAlt);
    CMenuXP::UpdateMenuBar (this);
}

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CMainFrame diagnostics

#ifdef _DEBUG
void CMainFrame::AssertValid() const
{
        CMDIFrameWnd::AssertValid();
}

void CMainFrame::Dump(CDumpContext& dc) const
{
        CMDIFrameWnd::Dump(dc);
}

#endif //_DEBUG

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CMainFrame message handlers



BOOL CMainFrame::Create(LPCTSTR lpszClassName, LPCTSTR lpszWindowName, DWORD dwStyle, const RECT& rect, CWnd* pParentWnd, UINT nID, CCreateContext* pContext)
{
        // TODO: Add your specialized code here and/or call the base class
        return CWnd::Create(lpszClassName, lpszWindowName, dwStyle, rect, pParentWnd, nID, pContext);
}

void CMainFrame::OnRemoteUpdateStatusBarCommand(const CString strMsg)
{
        m_wndStatusBar.SetWindowText(strMsg);
        m_wndStatusBar.UpdateWindow();

}

void CMainFrame::OnUpdateText(CCmdUI *pCmdUI)
{
    pCmdUI->Enable();
}

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ID_INDICATOR_TEXT is defined in the string table, and has a default text string of "TXT".

As the main window loads, I see "TXT" displayed in the left pane, but it disappears and I can't write anything to it!

Also, should the left-most pane have an index of 0?

You can't set a status bar's text with SetWinodwText. You need to use SetPaneText...

it will set the text for pane #0.

But I tried the other method as well, no difference.....

Try changing the ID ID_INDICATOR_TEXT to a different ID, i.e. Add a string to the string table like ID_IND_FOO and give it a string that is as large as the largest string you'll put on the status bar; use this id in the indicators array and in your code elsewhere.

ID_INDICATOR_TEXT and the other ID's are predefined and are used by the framework in updating the status bar (the framework checks the state of the current doc - "Is it text?", and the states of the numlock and other keys and updates those statusbar enties as needed.)