Use the Percent property to indicate the percent of progress-bar value being displayed in the progress bar. The control fires the PercentChange event when the Percent value is changed. Use the BackColorPercent property to change the visual appearance of the progress bar in the panel. Use the Text property to assign a different caption to the panel. Use the Transparency property to specify a semi-transparent color for panel's caption when a progress-bar is shown. Use the BackColor property to change the visual appearance of the the panel using EBN files. Use the BackColorPanels property to assign the same visual appearance to all panels in the status bar. Use the ForeColor property to change the panel's foreground color. Use the OffsetPercent property to specify the padding to display the progress-bar inside the panel.

The following VB sample shows "How can I display a percent or a progress-bar inside the panel":

With StatusBar1
	.BeginUpdate 
	.VisualAppearance.Add 4,"c:\exontrol\images\border.ebn"
	.VisualAppearance.Add 5,"CP:4 1 1 -1 -1"
	.BackColorPanels = 83886080
	.BackColor = -2147483633
	.Format = "1/2,(24;5/6)"
	With .Panel(5)
		.Text = "15%"
		.Percent = 15
	End With
	.EndUpdate 
End With

The following VB.NET sample shows "How can I display a percent or a progress-bar inside the panel":

With AxStatusBar1
	.BeginUpdate 
	.VisualAppearance.Add 4,"c:\exontrol\images\border.ebn"
	.VisualAppearance.Add 5,"CP:4 1 1 -1 -1"
	.GetOcx().BackColorPanels = &H5000000
	.GetOcx().BackColor = &H8000000f
	.Format = "1/2,(24;5/6)"
	With .get_Panel(5)
		.Text = "15%"
		.Percent = 15
	End With
	.EndUpdate 
End With

The following C++ sample shows "How can I display a percent or a progress-bar inside the panel":

/*
	Copy and paste the following directives to your header file as
	it defines the namespace 'EXSTATUSBARLib' for the library: 'ExStatusBar 1.0 Control Library'

	#import "C:\\WINNT\\system32\\ExStatusBar.dll"
	using namespace EXSTATUSBARLib;
*/
EXSTATUSBARLib::IStatusBarPtr spStatusBar1 = GetDlgItem(IDC_STATUSBAR1)->GetControlUnknown();
spStatusBar1->BeginUpdate();
spStatusBar1->GetVisualAppearance()->Add(4,"c:\\exontrol\\images\\border.ebn");
spStatusBar1->GetVisualAppearance()->Add(5,"CP:4 1 1 -1 -1");
spStatusBar1->PutBackColorPanels(83886080);
spStatusBar1->PutBackColor(-2147483633);
spStatusBar1->PutFormat(L"1/2,(24;5/6)");
EXSTATUSBARLib::IPanelPtr var_Panel = spStatusBar1->GetPanel(long(5));
	var_Panel->PutText(L"15%");
	var_Panel->PutPercent(15);
spStatusBar1->EndUpdate();

The following C# sample shows "How can I display a percent or a progress-bar inside the panel":

axStatusBar1.BeginUpdate();
axStatusBar1.VisualAppearance.Add(4,"c:\\exontrol\\images\\border.ebn");
axStatusBar1.VisualAppearance.Add(5,"CP:4 1 1 -1 -1");
(axStatusBar1.GetOcx() as EXSTATUSBARLib.StatusBar).BackColorPanels = 0x5000000;
(axStatusBar1.GetOcx() as EXSTATUSBARLib.StatusBar).BackColor = 0x8000000f;
axStatusBar1.Format = "1/2,(24;5/6)";
EXSTATUSBARLib.Panel var_Panel = axStatusBar1.get_Panel(5);
	var_Panel.Text = "15%";
	var_Panel.Percent = 15;
axStatusBar1.EndUpdate();

The following VFP sample shows "How can I display a percent or a progress-bar inside the panel":

with thisform.StatusBar1
	.BeginUpdate
	.VisualAppearance.Add(4,"c:\exontrol\images\border.ebn")
	.VisualAppearance.Add(5,"CP:4 1 1 -1 -1")
	.BackColorPanels = 83886080
	.BackColor = -2147483633
	.Format = "1/2,(24;5/6)"
	with .Panel(5)
		.Text = "15%"
		.Percent = 15
	endwith
	.EndUpdate
endwith