Progressbar in Statusbar... (yes I know this q is asked millions of times :P)

Ok first of all, good to be back ;)
For those of ya who still remember me, good to see ya guys...

anyway, I know how to put a Progressbar in a statusbar in Vb6, but I'm wondering how to do it in VB.net
Is there a special property or function for it? because I read that it's not recommended to use the API, so there's probably a substitute right?

Thanks for the help peeps!
Jop

Ok, I found out there wasn't a substitute for SetParent, so I had to do it the API way ;)

for those who're interested, here's how I did it, and hey, if anyone has optimization tricks, lemme know :)

Code:

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    Declare Function SetParent Lib "user32" Alias "SetParent" ( _
              ByVal hWndChild As Integer, _
              ByVal hWndNewParent As Integer _
    ) As Integer


'the code to do it:
        Dim progpoint As Point
        SetParent(ProgBar.Handle.ToInt32, Status.Handle.ToInt32)
        progpoint.X = 0
        progpoint.Y = 2
        ProgBar.Location = progpoint
'^^^ about the above, is there a faster way to specify the Location? like I used to do in C++ :
' progbar.location = Point(0,2) 
'which doesn't work here in VB.Net

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I'm now at my new question, is it just me or does the new Progressbar doesn't have a property to set it to the smooth style the old one used to have?

Thanks for your attention!