ProgressBar into a StatusBar control on an MDI form

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It is working just fine. In order for you to see the Progress, you will have to change it's value. Here is an example. Drop a Timer control on the form and use this code:

Private Declare Function SetParent Lib "user32" (ByVal hWndChild As Long, ByVal hWndNewParent As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal msg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
Private Type RECT
    Left As Long
    Top As Long
    Right As Long
    Bottom As Long
End Type
Private Const WM_USER As Long = &H400
Private Const SB_GETRECT As Long = (WM_USER + 10)

Public Sub ShowProgressInStatus(pProgress As ProgressBar, pStatus As StatusBar, pPanelIndex As Integer)
    Dim tRC As RECT

    pProgress.Appearance = ccFlat
    'Get the size of the given panel
    SendMessage StatusBar1.hwnd, SB_GETRECT, pPanelIndex - 1, tRC
    'Convert to Twips
    With tRC
        .Top = (.Top * Screen.TwipsPerPixelY) + 20
        .Left = (.Left * Screen.TwipsPerPixelX) + 20
        .Bottom = (.Bottom * Screen.TwipsPerPixelY) - .Top
        .Right = (.Right * Screen.TwipsPerPixelX) - .Left - 20
    End With
    'Reparent the ProgressBar to the statusbar
    With ProgressBar1
        SetParent .hwnd, StatusBar1.hwnd
        .Move tRC.Left, tRC.Top, tRC.Right, tRC.Bottom
        .Visible = True
        .Value = 0
    End With
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Timer1.Interval = 100
    ShowProgressInStatus ProgressBar1, StatusBar1, 1
End Sub

Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
    With ProgressBar1
        If .Value = .Max Then
            .Value = .Min
        Else
            .Value = .Value + 1
        End If
    End With
End Sub