Finding that status bar

[HyperEngineer]

A continuation of the Status Bar in a dialog app. I put the following code in a button click function on a dialog app.

  CClientDC dlgDC(this);
  CWnd* clientWindow = dlgDC.GetWindow();
  RECT MyRect;
  RECT MyStatusRect;
  clientWindow->GetWindowRect(&MyRect);
  m_wndStatusBar.GetWindowRect(&MyStatusRect);
  CString MyWindowRect;
  MyWindowRect.Format("Top = %ld\nBottom = %ld\nLeft = % d\nRight = %ld",
               MyRect.top, MyRect.bottom, MyRect.left, MyRect.right);
  MessageBox(MyWindowRect);
  MyWindowRect.Format("Top = %ld\nBottom = %ld\nLeft = %ld\nRight = %ld",
               MyStatusRect.top, MyStatusRect.bottom,
               MyStatusRect.left, MyStatusRect.right);
	MessageBox(MyWindowRect);

What I get for the client window is:

Top = 186
Bottom = 785
Left = 276
Right = 1005

and for the status bar window is:

Top = 208
Bottom = 208
Left = 279
Right = 279


So it appears that I need a way to positon and size the status bar. Any body know how to do that?

I sure would appreciate some help on this.

HyperEngineer
If it ain't broke, it probably needs improvement.

 

[HyperEngineer]

I figured it out.

This is the code:

  if (!m_wndStatusBar.Create(this, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | CBRS_BOTTOM) ||
      !m_wndStatusBar.SetIndicators(indicators,
		  sizeof(indicators)/sizeof(UINT)))
  {
    TRACE0("Failed to create status bar\n");
    return -1;      // fail to create
  }
	
  // Show the status bar

  m_wndStatusBar.SetWindowText("Ready");

  CClientDC dlgDC(this);
  CWnd* clientWindow = dlgDC.GetWindow();
  RECT MyRect;

  clientWindow->GetWindowRect(&MyRect);

  int Status_x, Status_y, Status_cx, Status_cy;
  Status_x = 10;
  Status_y = MyRect.bottom - MyRect.top - 30 - 30;
  Status_cx = MyRect.right - MyRect.left - 20;
  Status_cy = 30;

  m_wndStatusBar.SetWindowPos(clientWindow,Status_x, Status_y,
          Status_cx, Status_cy, SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_SHOWWINDOW);

HyperEngineer
If it ain't broke, it probably needs improvement.