Status bar...

[Gary Stout]

Can anyone give me some clues on how to fill a status bar with
a menu item selection similar to the way the PB/CC and PB/DLL
editors do. For example, when you click on "FILE" and then hover
over "OPEN FILE", the status bar shows information of the
highlighted item.
I know I have to use some API calls to do this, but have no clue
how to go about it.

Thanks,
Gary Stout




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[Borje Hagsten]

You respond to %WM_MENUSELECT and can set the text with %SB_SETTEXT.
If text was set via string table in resource file, LoadString can grab
it - see PBNOTE sample. From my own editor:

      CASE %WM_MENUSELECT
        LoadString hInst, wParam, zText, SIZEOF(zText)
        SendMessage hStatus, %SB_SETTEXT, %SBT_NOBORDERS, VARPTR(zText)

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