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Showing Tooltips/Icons for Status Bar Panes
Class to show tooltips and icons for individual panes and to allow changing of text and background color of individual panes. (The article, demo project, and source code were updated.)
Showing progress bar in a status bar pane
Showing progress bar in a status bar pane
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[Update]This article shows you the source code about making a pop up message window like MSN Messenger.
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