Re: CStatusBar giving problems w/ pointer crash

From:
"Ajay Kalra" <ajaykalra@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Thu, 14 Sep 2006 20:38:36 -0400
Message-ID:
<#2EyI9F2GHA.4388@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>
Are you using this code in OnInitDialog after calling the base class's
OnInitDialog?

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Ajay Kalra [MVP - VC++]
ajaykalra@yahoo.com

"Mark Randall" <markyr@gEEEEEmail.com> wrote in message
news:u83xjmF2GHA.1304@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

Evening,

I am creating a status bar as follows:

c_StatusBar.Create(this);
c_StatusBar.ShowWindow(SW_SHOW);

and then proceding to set its panes.

CStatusBarCtrl& bar = c_StatusBar.GetStatusBarCtrl();
int align = 0;
int widths[] = {
    align+ 0, // status and time
    align+=40, // avatar
    align+=40, // bots
    align+=40, // tourists
    align+=40 };
const int parts_total = sizeof(widths) / sizeof(widths[0]);
bar.SetParts(parts_total, widths);
for (int i = 0; i < parts_total; i++)
    c_StatusBar.SetPaneStyle(i, SBPS_POPOUT);

SetPaneStyle however blows up with debug showing that it finds a null
pointer for the pane. - This code is all being executed on OnInitDialog
however doing it on other notifications (ie: buttons) fails also with the
same error.

Could anyone advise please?

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- Mark Randall
http://www.temporal-solutions.co.uk
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