X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/936f635341e9b92b37db93cc7781d564babbe25f..42dfe2b25975537db8bb54ab104385748ff7d175:/src/msw/statusbar.cpp?ds=inline

diff --git a/src/msw/statusbar.cpp b/src/msw/statusbar.cpp
index aef8e5c567..4baebc470b 100644
--- a/src/msw/statusbar.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/statusbar.cpp
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ bool wxStatusBar::Create(wxWindow *parent,
 
     // we must refresh the frame size when the statusbar is created, because
     // its client area might change
-    wxFrame *frame = wxDynamicCast(GetParent(), wxFrame);
-    if ( frame )
-    {
-        frame->SendSizeEvent();
-    }
+    //
+    // notice that we must post the event, not send it, as the frame doesn't
+    // know that we're its status bar yet so laying it out right now wouldn't
+    // work correctly, we need to wait until we return to the main loop
+    PostSizeEventToParent();
 
     return true;
 }
@@ -139,11 +139,7 @@ wxStatusBar::~wxStatusBar()
     // we must refresh the frame size when the statusbar is deleted but the
     // frame is not - otherwise statusbar leaves a hole in the place it used to
     // occupy
-    wxFrame *frame = wxDynamicCast(GetParent(), wxFrame);
-    if ( frame && !frame->IsBeingDeleted() )
-    {
-        frame->SendSizeEvent();
-    }
+    PostSizeEventToParent();
 }
 
 void wxStatusBar::SetFieldsCount(int nFields, const int *widths)