
=head1 NAME

Win32::GUI::StatusBar - Create and manipulate status bar controls

=head1 DESCRIPTION

[TBD]

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=head1 METHODS

L<Common methods|Win32::GUI::Reference::Methods> apply to most windows, controls and resources.

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=head2 new

B<new(PARENT, %OPTIONS)>

Creates a new StatusBar object;
can also be called as PARENT->AddStatusBar(%OPTIONS).

Class specific B<%OPTIONS> are:

    -sizegrip   => 0/1 (default 0)
        Set/Unset size grip style.

See also the L<common options|Win32::GUI::Reference::Options>.

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=head2 GetBorders

B<GetBorders()>

Gets the border values for the status bar. Returns an array containing
width of the horizontal border, width of the vertical border, and the
width of the border between parts.

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=head2 GetIcon

B<GetIcon(PART)>

Retrieves the icon for a part in a status bar.

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=head2 GetParts

B<GetParts()>

Retrieves a count of the parts in a status window.
In Array context, return an list of coordinates for the current parts.
A value of -1 in the final coordinate means the last part will expand rightwards to fill the statusbar.

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=head2 GetRect

B<GetRect(part)>

Gets the bounding rectangle for the given part of the status bar. Returns
left, top, right, bottom co-ordinates, or undef on failure. This is useful
for drawing in the status bar.

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=head2 GetText

B<GetText(part)>

Retrieves the text from the specified part of a status window.
In array context, return an array (TEXT,STYLE)

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=head2 GetTextLength

B<GetTextLength(part)>

Retrieves the text from the specified part of a status window.
In array context, return an array (LENGTH,STYLE)

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=head2 GetTipText

B<GetTipText(part)>

Retrieves the tooltip text for a part in a status bar.

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=head2 GetUnicodeFormat

B<GetUnicodeFormat()>

Retrieves the UNICODE character format flag for the control.

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=head2 Icon

B<Icon(part,[icon])>

See L<SetIcon()|Win32::GUI::StatusBar/SetIcon>

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=head2 IsSimple

B<IsSimple()>

Checks a status bar control to determine if it is in simple mode.

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=head2 Parts

B<Parts([x1, x2, x3...])>

Divides the statusbar into sections. The list of co-ordinates define the
right-hand edge of each part.

This method will return a list of co-ordinates for the current parts.
A value of -1 in the final co-ordinate means the last part will
expand rightwards to fill the statusbar.

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=head2 PartText

B<PartText(part,[string,[flags]])>

Sets or gets the text in a particular part of the status bar.

Flags are as follows:

  0
       The text is drawn with a border to appear lower than the plane of
       the window.

  SBT_NOBORDERS = 256
       The text is drawn without borders.

  SBT_POPOUT = 512
       The text is drawn with a border to appear higher than the plane of
       the window.

  SBT_RTLREADING = 1024
       The text will be displayed in the opposite direction to the text
       in the parent window.

  SBT_OWNERDRAW = 4096
       The text is drawn by the parent window.

When called with no string or flags, in scalar context the method will
return the text string in the specified part of the status bar. In array
context, the method will return the text string and the style flags of
the text in the specified part.

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=head2 SetBkColor

B<SetBkColor([color])>

Sets the background color of the status bar. If no color is given,
it sets the background color to the default background color.

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=head2 SetIcon

B<SetIcon(part,[icon])>

Sets or unsets the icon for a particular part of the status bar. If icon
is set to 0 or less, the icon for the specified part of the status bar is
removed. icon should be a Win32::GUI::Icon object.

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=head2 SetMinHeight

B<SetMinHeight(height)>

Sets the minimum height of a status window's drawing area, and redraws
the status bar.

The minimum height produced will be: height + (2 * vertical border width)

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=head2 SetParts

B<SetParts(x1,[x2, x3...])>

Sets the number of parts in a status window and the coordinate of the right edge of each part.

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=head2 SetText

B<SetText(part,text,[type=0])>

Sets the text in the specified part of a status window.
Type of drawing operation :

  0 = The text is drawn with a border to appear lower than the plane of the window.
  SBT_NOBORDERS = The text is drawn without borders.
  SBT_OWNERDRAW = The text is drawn by the parent window.
  SBT_POPOUT = The text is drawn with a border to appear higher than the plane of the window.
  SBT_RTLREADING = Displays text using right-to-left reading order on Hebrew or Arabic systems.

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=head2 SetTipText

B<SetTipText(part,string)>

Sets the tooltip text for a particular part of the status bar.

From SDK documentation:
This ToolTip text is displayed in two situations:
When the corresponding pane in the status bar contains only an icon.
When the corresponding pane in the status bar contains text that is
truncated due to the size of the pane.

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=head2 SetUnicodeFormat

B<SetUnicodeFormat()>

Sets the UNICODE character format flag for the control.

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=head2 Simple

B<Simple([simplemode])>

If simplemode is not 0, turns simple mode on. Otherwise, turns simple
mode off. Simple mode means the statusbar just shows text, with only one
partition.

Returns the status of simple mode (0 = off, non-zero = on)

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=head2 Tip

B<Tip(part,string)>

See L<SetTipText()|Win32::GUI::StatusBar/SetTipText>




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=head1 EVENTS

L<Common events|Win32::GUI::Reference::Events> apply to most windows and controls.





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=head1 VERSION

Documentation for Win32::GUI v1.06 created 05 Mar 2010

This document is autogenerated by the build process. Edits made here will be lost.
Edit F<docs/per_package.tpl> instead.

=head1 SUPPORT

Homepage: L<http://perl-win32-gui.sourceforge.net/>.

For further support join the users mailing list(C<perl-win32-gui-users@lists.sourceforge.net>) from the website
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=head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENCE

Copyright (c) 1997..2010 Aldo Calpini. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.


