status bar

[april]

hi...if you could help....
i have implemented a status bar in Mainframe.cpp to display a CString variable which can be modified in a function. the variable is also made global. however, when i modify the CString variable in another function ( of another class ), i realise that the change is not updated at the status bar at all. any idea what's wrong ?

[scp]

You may need to call SetPaneText() to update the status bar display

Santhosh

[april]

hi...
thanx for your reply.
is SetPaneText() the function i need to add at MainFrame.cpp to update the status bar while the variable associated with it can be accessed and modified anywhere in the program ?
i did this but i can't have the variable updated at the status bar when it is modified. by the way, i have 2 different functions that can modify the same variable which i made global.
hope you can help....

[scp]

Hi!

Whenever you want to update the statusbar, instead of seting the string variable, why don't you get a pointer to the mainframe window, and then the status bar object, and call its SetPaneText()?

The code can be like this:

CMainFrame* pMainFrame = (CMainFrame*)AfxGetMainWnd();

pMainFrame->m_wndStatusBar.SetPaneText (0, "New Text");

Assuming that m_wndStatusBar is the Status Bar object and you wanted to change the text of the first pane (pane 0) of the Status Bar...

Santhosh
PS: There may be better ways to do this. Have a look at the status bar section in this site.

[april]

hi...
thanx.
i'll try that to see if it works...