Status Bar / StatusBar
StatusBar Control
Visual BASIC 6.0 Status Bar Control (MFC status bar control) is an ActiveX control. To enable select "Microsoft Common Control" option from the component dialog box. A StatusBar control provides a window, usually at the bottom of a parent form, through which an application can display various kinds of status data. The StatusBar can be divided up into a maximum of sixteen Panel objects that are contained in a Panels collection.
- Right-click on the Status Bar to bring up the Properties for the control
- Select the Panels Tab.
- Use the Index tab and the Insert Panel Button to add additional panels.
- Use the Style Drop-down list box to select a different type of information to appear in a panel.