7.2. How do I update the text of a pane in a status bar?
By default, a CStatusBar pane is not enabled when the pane is created. To activate a pane, you must call the ON_UPDATE_COMMAND_UI() macro for each pane on the status bar and update the panes. Because panes do not send WM_COMMAND messages, you cannot use ClassWizard to activate panes; you must type the code manually. For example, suppose one pane has ID_INDICATOR_PAGE as its identifier and that it contains the current page number in a document. To make the ID_INDICATOR_PAGE pane display text, add the following to a header file (probably the MAINFRM.H file):
- afx_msg void OnUpdatePage(CCmdUI *pCmdUI);
Add the following to the application message map:
- ON_UPDATE_COMMAND_UI(ID_INDICATOR_PAGE, OnUpdatePage)
Add the following to a source code file (probably MAINFRM.CPP):
- void CMainFrame::OnUpdatePage(CCmdUI *pCmdUI)
{
pCmdUI->Enable();
}
To display text in the panes, either call SetPaneText() or call CCmdUI::SetText() in the OnUpdate() function. For example, you might want to set up an integer variable m_nPage that contains the current page number. Then, the OnUpdatePage() function might read as follows:
- void CMainFrame::OnUpdatePage(CCmdUI *pCmdUI)
{
pCmdUI->Enable();
char szPage[16];
wsprintf((LPSTR)szPage, "Page %d", m_nPage);
pCmdUI->SetText((LPSTR)szPage);
}
This technique causes the page number to appear in the pane during idle processing in he same manner that the application updates other indicators.
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