Use the Underline property to underline the panel's caption. Use the Text property to assign a caption or an HTML text to a panel. Use the <u> or <a> HTML tag to underline a portion of the caption in the panel. Use Italic the  property to show the panel's caption in italic. Use the Bold property to show the panel's caption in italic. Use the StrikeOut property to show the panel's caption in strikeout.

The following VB sample shows "How can I underline the caption in 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"
	With .Panel(1)
		.Text = "Panel 1"
		.Underline = True
	End With
	.Panel(2).Text = "<u>Panel</u> 2"
	.EndUpdate 
End With

The following VB.NET sample shows "How can I underline the caption in 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"
	With .get_Panel(1)
		.Text = "Panel 1"
		.Underline = True
	End With
	.get_Panel(2).Text = "<u>Panel</u> 2"
	.EndUpdate 
End With

The following C++ sample shows "How can I underline the caption in 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");
EXSTATUSBARLib::IPanelPtr var_Panel = spStatusBar1->GetPanel(long(1));
	var_Panel->PutText(L"Panel 1");
	var_Panel->PutUnderline(VARIANT_TRUE);
spStatusBar1->GetPanel(long(2))->PutText(L"<u>Panel</u> 2");
spStatusBar1->EndUpdate();

The following C# sample shows "How can I underline the caption in 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";
EXSTATUSBARLib.Panel var_Panel = axStatusBar1.get_Panel(1);
	var_Panel.Text = "Panel 1";
	var_Panel.Underline = true;
axStatusBar1.get_Panel(2).Text = "<u>Panel</u> 2";
axStatusBar1.EndUpdate();

The following VFP sample shows "How can I underline the caption in 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"
	with .Panel(1)
		.Text = "Panel 1"
		.Underline = .T.
	endwith
	.Panel(2).Text = "<u>Panel</u> 2"
	.EndUpdate
endwith