Use the Enabled property to disable the control. Use the Enabled property to disable a specified panel. When the control is disabled, all panels looks grayed.

The following VB sample shows "How can I disable the control":

With StatusBar1
	.BeginUpdate 
	.Enabled = False
	.Images "gBJJgBAIDAAGAAEAAQhYAf8Pf4hh0QihCJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaEEaAIAkcbk0olUrlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0" & _
"/oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTqlVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1" & _
"/wGBwWDwmFw2HxGJxWLxmNx0xiFdyOTh8Tf9ZymXx+QytcyNgz8r0OblWjyWds+m0ka1Vf1ta1+r1mos2xrG2xeZ0+a0W0qO" & _
"x3GO4NV3WeyvD2XJ5XL5nN51aiw+lfSj0gkUkAEllHanHI5j/cHg8EZf7w8vl8j4f/qfEZeB09/vjLAB30+kZQAP/P5/H6/y" & _
"NAOAEAwCjMBwFAEDwJBMDwLBYAP2/8Hv8/gAGAD8LQs9w/nhDY/oygIA="
	.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)"
	.Panel(1).Image = 1
	.Panel(2).Text = "<img>1:4</img><img>1:4</img><img>1:4</img><img>1</img> icons"
	With .Panel(3)
		.Text = "<img>2</img>"
		.Alignment = exAlignMiddleRight
	End With
	.EndUpdate 
End With

The following VB.NET sample shows "How can I disable the control":

With AxStatusBar1
	.BeginUpdate 
	.Enabled = False
	.Images "gBJJgBAIDAAGAAEAAQhYAf8Pf4hh0QihCJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaEEaAIAkcbk0olUrlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0" & _
"/oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTqlVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1" & _
"/wGBwWDwmFw2HxGJxWLxmNx0xiFdyOTh8Tf9ZymXx+QytcyNgz8r0OblWjyWds+m0ka1Vf1ta1+r1mos2xrG2xeZ0+a0W0qO" & _
"x3GO4NV3WeyvD2XJ5XL5nN51aiw+lfSj0gkUkAEllHanHI5j/cHg8EZf7w8vl8j4f/qfEZeB09/vjLAB30+kZQAP/P5/H6/y" & _
"NAOAEAwCjMBwFAEDwJBMDwLBYAP2/8Hv8/gAGAD8LQs9w/nhDY/oygIA="
	.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)"
	.get_Panel(1).Image = 1
	.get_Panel(2).Text = "<img>1:4</img><img>1:4</img><img>1:4</img><img>1</img> icons"
	With .get_Panel(3)
		.Text = "<img>2</img>"
		.Alignment = EXSTATUSBARLib.TextAlignEnum.exAlignMiddleRight
	End With
	.EndUpdate 
End With

The following C++ sample shows "How can I disable 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 "C:\\WINNT\\system32\\ExStatusBar.dll"
	using namespace EXSTATUSBARLib;
*/
EXSTATUSBARLib::IStatusBarPtr spStatusBar1 = GetDlgItem(IDC_STATUSBAR1)->GetControlUnknown();
spStatusBar1->BeginUpdate();
spStatusBar1->PutEnabled(VARIANT_FALSE);
spStatusBar1->Images(_bstr_t("gBJJgBAIDAAGAAEAAQhYAf8Pf4hh0QihCJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaEEaAIAkcbk0olUrlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0") +
"/oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTqlVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1" +
"/wGBwWDwmFw2HxGJxWLxmNx0xiFdyOTh8Tf9ZymXx+QytcyNgz8r0OblWjyWds+m0ka1Vf1ta1+r1mos2xrG2xeZ0+a0W0qO" +
"x3GO4NV3WeyvD2XJ5XL5nN51aiw+lfSj0gkUkAEllHanHI5j/cHg8EZf7w8vl8j4f/qfEZeB09/vjLAB30+kZQAP/P5/H6/y" +
"NAOAEAwCjMBwFAEDwJBMDwLBYAP2/8Hv8/gAGAD8LQs9w/nhDY/oygIA=");
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->GetPanel(long(1))->PutImage(1);
spStatusBar1->GetPanel(long(2))->PutText(L"<img>1:4</img><img>1:4</img><img>1:4</img><img>1</img> icons");
EXSTATUSBARLib::IPanelPtr var_Panel = spStatusBar1->GetPanel(long(3));
	var_Panel->PutText(L"<img>2</img>");
	var_Panel->PutAlignment(EXSTATUSBARLib::exAlignMiddleRight);
spStatusBar1->EndUpdate();

The following C# sample shows "How can I disable the control":

axStatusBar1.BeginUpdate();
axStatusBar1.Enabled = false;
axStatusBar1.Images("gBJJgBAIDAAGAAEAAQhYAf8Pf4hh0QihCJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaEEaAIAkcbk0olUrlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0" +
"/oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTqlVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1" +
"/wGBwWDwmFw2HxGJxWLxmNx0xiFdyOTh8Tf9ZymXx+QytcyNgz8r0OblWjyWds+m0ka1Vf1ta1+r1mos2xrG2xeZ0+a0W0qO" +
"x3GO4NV3WeyvD2XJ5XL5nN51aiw+lfSj0gkUkAEllHanHI5j/cHg8EZf7w8vl8j4f/qfEZeB09/vjLAB30+kZQAP/P5/H6/y" +
"NAOAEAwCjMBwFAEDwJBMDwLBYAP2/8Hv8/gAGAD8LQs9w/nhDY/oygIA=");
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.get_Panel(1).Image = 1;
axStatusBar1.get_Panel(2).Text = "<img>1:4</img><img>1:4</img><img>1:4</img><img>1</img> icons";
EXSTATUSBARLib.Panel var_Panel = axStatusBar1.get_Panel(3);
	var_Panel.Text = "<img>2</img>";
	var_Panel.Alignment = EXSTATUSBARLib.TextAlignEnum.exAlignMiddleRight;
axStatusBar1.EndUpdate();

The following VFP sample shows "How can I disable the control":

with thisform.StatusBar1
	.BeginUpdate
	.Enabled = .F.
	var_s = "gBJJgBAIDAAGAAEAAQhYAf8Pf4hh0QihCJo2AEZjQAjEZFEaIEaEEaAIAkcbk0olUrlktl0vmExmUzmk1m03nE5nU7nk9n0/"
	var_s = var_s + "oFBoVDolFo1HpFJpVLplNp1PqFRqVTqlVq1XrFZrVbrldr1fsFhsVjslls1ntFptVrtltt1vuFxuVzul1u13vF5vV7vl9v1/"
	var_s = var_s + "wGBwWDwmFw2HxGJxWLxmNx0xiFdyOTh8Tf9ZymXx+QytcyNgz8r0OblWjyWds+m0ka1Vf1ta1+r1mos2xrG2xeZ0+a0W0qOx"
	var_s = var_s + "3GO4NV3WeyvD2XJ5XL5nN51aiw+lfSj0gkUkAEllHanHI5j/cHg8EZf7w8vl8j4f/qfEZeB09/vjLAB30+kZQAP/P5/H6/yN"
	var_s = var_s + "AOAEAwCjMBwFAEDwJBMDwLBYAP2/8Hv8/gAGAD8LQs9w/nhDY/oygIA="
	.Images(var_s)
	.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)"
	.Panel(1).Image = 1
	.Panel(2).Text = "<img>1:4</img><img>1:4</img><img>1:4</img><img>1</img> icons"
	with .Panel(3)
		.Text = "<img>2</img>"
		.Alignment = 18
	endwith
	.EndUpdate
endwith