C / C++ / MFC

void CMyStatusBar::OnPaint()<br />
{<br />
	CPaintDC dc(this); // device context for painting<br />
	RECT rect;<br />
	GetClientRect (&rect);<br />
	dc.FillSolidRect (&rect, RGB(255, 124, 20));<br />
}

<br />
void CMyStatusBar::DrawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpDrawItemStruct)<br />
{<br />
	CDC dc;<br />
	dc.Attach(lpDrawItemStruct->hDC);<br />
<br />
	// Get the pane rectangle and calculate text coordinates<br />
	CRect rect(&lpDrawItemStruct->rcItem);<br />
<br />
	switch(lpDrawItemStruct->itemID) {<br />
<br />
		case 0:<br />
			dc.FillSolidRect (rect, RGB (255,255,0));<br />
                        break;<br />

for (int i=0; i<4; i++)<br />
{<br />
    // Change Status Bar style to make it Owner-drawn<br />
    m_wndStatusBar.GetStatusBarCtrl().SetText("", i, SBT_OWNERDRAW); <br />
}<br />

HANDLE    hFile;<br />
<br />
hFile = CreateFile(<br />
  lpFileName,                         // file name<br />
  dwDesiredAccess,                      // access mode<br />
  dwShareMode,                          // share mode<br />
  lpSecurityAttributes, // SD<br />
  dwCreationDisposition,                // how to create<br />
  dwFlagsAndAttributes,                 // file attributes<br />
  hTemplateFile                        // handle to template file<br />
);<br />
<br />
::CloseHandle(m_hFile);

HANDLE myHandle = CreateMutex(); // Or whatever call you want here

...

if(!CloseHandle(myHandle))
{
   // Handle error, you should always check return value of CloseHandle()
}