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This bar is similar to the Outlook, Outlook express, or Front Page 98 editor.
It is useful to display application specific information with text and bitmaps.
You can change dynamically:
Text, Text Color, Background Color, Text Font, Bitmap.
CInfoBar class have following methods:
SetTextColor(COLORREF crNew);
SetBackgroundColor(COLORREF cr);
SetTextFont(LPCTSTR lpFontName);
SetBitmap(UINT nResID);
SetText(LPCTSTR lpszNew);
Declare in the CMainFrame header member variable
CInfoBar m_InfoBar;
In the CMainFrame OnCreate function call
/// INFO BAR CODE //////////////////////////
m_InfoBar.Create(NULL, NULL, WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS | CBRS_TOP,
CRect(0,0,0,0), this, AFX_IDW_STATUS_BAR);
m_InfoBar.SetBarStyle(CBRS_ALIGN_TOP);
