By default, the BorderHeight property is 0. Use the BorderWidth and BorderHeight properties to control the area where the panels are displayed. Use the Offset property to specify the padding to display the caption inside the panel. Use the OffsetPercent property to specify the padding to display the progress-bar inside the panel.

The following VB sample shows "Is there any option to increase the empty space on borders of the control":

With StatusBar1
	.BeginUpdate 
	.BorderWidth = 20
	.BorderHeight = 20
	.VisualAppearance.Add 4,"c:\exontrol\images\border.ebn"
	.VisualAppearance.Add 5,"CP:4 1 1 -1 -1"
	.BackColorPanels = 83886080
	.Format = "1,2,3,4,(5/6/7/8)"
	.Debug = True
	.EndUpdate 
End With

The following VB.NET sample shows "Is there any option to increase the empty space on borders of the control":

With AxStatusBar1
	.BeginUpdate 
	.BorderWidth = 20
	.BorderHeight = 20
	.VisualAppearance.Add 4,"c:\exontrol\images\border.ebn"
	.VisualAppearance.Add 5,"CP:4 1 1 -1 -1"
	.GetOcx().BackColorPanels = &H5000000
	.Format = "1,2,3,4,(5/6/7/8)"
	.Debug = True
	.EndUpdate 
End With

The following C++ sample shows "Is there any option to increase the empty space on borders of the control":

/*
	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 "D:\\Exontrol\\ExStatusBar\\project\\Debug\\ExStatusBar.dll"
	using namespace EXSTATUSBARLib;
*/
EXSTATUSBARLib::IStatusBarPtr spStatusBar1 = GetDlgItem(IDC_STATUSBAR1)->GetControlUnknown();
spStatusBar1->BeginUpdate();
spStatusBar1->PutBorderWidth(20);
spStatusBar1->PutBorderHeight(20);
spStatusBar1->GetVisualAppearance()->Add(4,"c:\\exontrol\\images\\border.ebn");
spStatusBar1->GetVisualAppearance()->Add(5,"CP:4 1 1 -1 -1");
spStatusBar1->PutBackColorPanels(83886080);
spStatusBar1->PutFormat(L"1,2,3,4,(5/6/7/8)");
spStatusBar1->PutDebug(VARIANT_TRUE);
spStatusBar1->EndUpdate();

The following C# sample shows "Is there any option to increase the empty space on borders of the control":

axStatusBar1.BeginUpdate();
axStatusBar1.BorderWidth = 20;
axStatusBar1.BorderHeight = 20;
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.Format = "1,2,3,4,(5/6/7/8)";
axStatusBar1.Debug = true;
axStatusBar1.EndUpdate();

The following VFP sample shows "Is there any option to increase the empty space on borders of the control":

with thisform.StatusBar1
	.BeginUpdate
	.BorderWidth = 20
	.BorderHeight = 20
	.VisualAppearance.Add(4,"c:\exontrol\images\border.ebn")
	.VisualAppearance.Add(5,"CP:4 1 1 -1 -1")
	.BackColorPanels = 83886080
	.Format = "1,2,3,4,(5/6/7/8)"
	.Debug = .T.
	.EndUpdate
endwith