[Mingw-users] Can't create a status bar with CreateWindow function

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Hello all.

This is my first post.

I already look at the archives and found very important things but I =
still
have a problem.

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I want to make a status bar.

I'm using mingw with gcc 3.4.2 under Bloodshed Dev-C++.

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In my file I include the following declaration:

  #define _WIN32_IE 0x0500

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After that I include the headers:

  #include <windows.h>

  #include <commctrl.h>

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In the WinMain function I load the common controls with the code:

  INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX myCommonCtrls;

  myCommonCtrls.dwSize =3D sizeof( INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX );

  myCommonCtrls.dwICC =3D ICC_BAR_CLASSES;

  InitCommonControlsEx( &myInitCtrls );

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After that, in the WM_CREATE message of the windows procedure I create =
the
status bar.

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If I use the code:

  hStatus =3D CreateStatusWindow( WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER, =
"Ready",
hwnd, ID_STATUS_BAR );

Everything works ok.

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But in msdn I saw that CreateStatusWindow function is obsolete and I =
must
use CreateWindow instead.

When I create the status bar using CreateWindow the status bar don't
appears.

The code is as follows:

  hStatus =3D CreateWindow( "STATUSCLASSNAME", "", WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE =
|
WS_BORDER | SBARS_SIZEGRIP | CCS_BOTTOM,

    0, 0, 0, 0, hwnd, (HMENU) ID_STATUS_BAR, CurrenthInstance, NULL );

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If I use CreateWindowEx with no extra style the result is the same.

I also try putting the code in the WinMain function and the result is =
the
same.

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So I can=92t I use CreateWindow to create a status bar? What am I doing =
wrong?

I found many examples in the internet and many used CreateWindow =
function
and were compiled with gcc.

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I also link using the libcomctl32.a library.

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Best regards.

Rui

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