how to create a status bar in dialogbox created using CreateDialog(..) there is no option existes for "Status Bar"

Question

I am developing a visual c++ winapi application and i have created a dialog which is acapable f rendering images on

it. you can see on this link - http://prntscr.com/1k8lla

the problem is i also have to create a strip like as you can see at the bottom of the window in black colour. I

want to do that same.

I got a suggestion to do the same using "Status Bar" in CreateWindow() but i have created this dialog window using

CreateDialog(); so when i see in the preoperties of the dialog it don't have any option for "Status Bar".

Answer 1

This MFC sample app adds a status bar to a dialog:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ccstww6w(v=VS.90).aspx