Putting a UI in a DLL

Simplifying the Registry

Have you ever wanted to change the font used in an MFC status bar? It's easy, if you know how. Just create a CFont and then send the Windows font handle to the status bar using the WM_SETFONT message.
Assuming you already have a CFont named cfont, it is easy. Just use GetMessageBar() on your frame window like this:

CWnd *statusbar=AfxGetApp()->m_pMainWnd->GetMessageBar();
statusbar->SendMessage(WM_SETFONT,(WPARAM)cfont.m_hObject,0);

This lets you have fun with special effects on the status bar