Write to status bar using sprintf syntax

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#include < stdarg.h >

// StatusBarMessage() – Writes to status bar using sprintf syntax.

//

// Author: Keith Rule — keithr@europa.com

//

// Copyright (c) 1995-1996, Keith Rule

// May be freely used provided this comment

// is included with the source and all derived

// versions of this source.

void StatusBarMessage(char* fmt, …)

{

	if (AfxGetApp() != NULL && AfxGetApp()->m_pMainWnd != NULL) {

		char buffer[256];

		CStatusBar* pStatus = (CStatusBar*)

			AfxGetApp()->m_pMainWnd->GetDescendantWindow(AFX_IDW_STATUS_BAR);

		va_list argptr;

		va_start(argptr, fmt);

		vsprintf(buffer, fmt, argptr);

		va_end(argptr);

		if (pStatus != NULL) {

			pStatus->SetPaneText(0, buffer);

			pStatus->UpdateWindow();

		}

	}

}