SetStatusBarText

1 Description
2 Syntax
3 Parameters
4 Return
5 Examples
6 Remark
7 See Also
8 header to Include
9 Reference

Description

Set the text in the status bar, or on one of that status bar indicators.

Syntax

BOOL SetStatusBarText( LPCSTR lpcszText, int nIndex = 0 )

Parameters

lpcszText: [input] text string to set, use NULL clear the status bar
nIndex: [input] a parameter to indicate which part of status bar.; 0 The standard status bar from the the left; 1-4 The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th customizable indicators on the right of the status bar

Return

TRUE if success, FALSE if nIndex is not in the valid range

Examples

EX1

 //Case1: Update the status bar in a loop and want to see every changes, then you should use index=0, running the code you will see status bar flashing through with each values. 
void SetStatusBarText_ex1()
{
        for(int ii = 0; ii < 1000; ii++)
        {
                string str = "Test " + ii;
            SetStatusBarText(str);
        }  
}

EX2

//Case 2: But if instead, you will find only "Last Value = 999" will be seen in the 1st indicator, but the code execute much faster.

void SetStatusBarText_ex2()
{    
        for(int ii = 0; ii < 1000; ii++)
        {
                string str = "Last Value = " + ii;
        SetStatusBarText(str, 4);
        }
}

Remark

Set the text in the status bar, or on one of that status bar indicators

There is a difference between the status bar (index 0) and the other status bar indicators (index 1,2,3,4).

Index=0 will update the status bar immediately, while the indicators will not be updated during this call, but to return from the function first and later a general system update of the whole Origin main window will update the various indicators.