[Lazarus] TStatusBar initialization problem.

[Donald Ziesig]

Hi Everyone!

I am writing a new app that will use a StatusBar at the bottom of the 
main window (just like I have done many times in the past - with both 
Delphi and Lazarus).  Strangely enough, even though I have nothing but 
the gui implemented (no app specific code, etc.), the StatusBar does NOT 
display until I manually resize the main window, at which time, it 
appears as appropriate with its two panels visible.  To isolate the 
problem further, I temporarily set the color to blue to see if it were 
only panel contents that were not showing.  In this test, the blue 
status bar again does not appear until the main form is manually resized.

I have tried a number of hacks, such as programatically changing the 
Height and/or Width during 1) OnCreate, 2) OnShow, 3) OnPaint, 4) 
OnTimer (added a hack timer and tried resizing during the event).  None 
of these worked :-(.

I am running Lazarus 1.9 dated 2017-04-17 with high resolution (144 
DPI), FPC 3.0.2 (I think I am running the qt toolset, but don't know how 
to determine that.)  This mostly works well (I have a few minor problems 
with the internal sizing of some controls and control-editors).

Does anyone have an idea for a work around, or suggestions as to where 
to find the code for TStatusBar?

Thanks,

Don Ziesig