Overview
All of the book's Microsoft Visual C++ examples up to this point have included toolbars and status bars. The MFC Application Wizard generates the code that initializes these application framework elements if you accept the wizard's default Standard Docking Toolbar and Initial Status Bar user interface features. The default toolbar provides graphics equivalents for many of the standard application framework menu commands, and the default status bar displays menu prompts together with the keyboard state indicators CAP, NUM, and SCRL.This chapter shows you how to customize the toolbar and the status bar for your application. You can add your own toolbar graphical buttons and control their appearance. You can also disable the status bar's normal display of menu prompts and keyboard indicators so that your application can take over the status bar for its own use.