Re: update status in main frame window

From:

"aloha826@gmail.com" <aloha826@gmail.com>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:38:36 -0800 (PST)

Message-ID:

<17302485-3f24-4ad6-9534-1e1e272c4e98@u18g2000pro.googlegroups.com>

Hi,

1. ok. I used the AfxGetMainWnd()->SendMessage(WM_SETSTATUS,0,pStr);
   but I got:
   error C2065: 'WM_SETSTATUS' : undeclared identifier
   how to declare it ?

2. One more thing is how can I SendMessage to disable certain menu in
main frame window ?

Many thank to your kind help.

Regards.

On Dec 3, 1:21 am, "AliR \(VC++ MVP\)" <A...@online.nospam> wrote:

There are several ways.

From you button handler you can either do this:

CMainFrame *pWnd = (CMainFrame *)AfxGetMainWnd();
ASSERT(pWnd);
pWnd->GetStatusBar().SetPaneText(0,"Test 123");

note that you need to write a method for GetStatusBar in your CMainFrame
class
CStatusBar &GetStatusBar();

Or you can send a message to the main window
AfxGetMainWnd()->SendMessage(WM_SETSTATUS,0,pStr);

AliR.

<aloha...@gmail.com> wrote in message

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Hi Expert,

I'm using SDI application

In Mainfrm.cpp, i have

static UINT indicators[] =
{
ID_SEPARATOR, // status line indicator
ID_INDICATOR_TEST,
};

I added a child dialog with one test button on it.
The child dialog is triggered via menu in main frame windows. the
class of child dialog is CDialog base.

class CChildDlg : public CDialog
{
public:
CChildDlg();
...
}

void CMainApp::OnEditDialog()
{
CChildDlg childDlg;
childDlg.DoModal();

}

void CChildDlg::OnBtnTest()
{
    // how can I update the status bar in main frame windows ?
   // the following code will trigger exception...!!!
      CStatusBar m_wndStatusBar;
   m_wndStatusBar.CommandToIndex(ID_INDICATOR_TEST);

   m_wndStatusBar.SetPaneText(0, "TEST 123", TRUE);
   m_wndStatusBar.UpdateWindow();

}

How can I update the status bar in main frame windows, upon clicking
Test button.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Kenji

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