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    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
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    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:
        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
    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!
    Jop - validweb.nl

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