Use the PanelFromPoint property to get the Panel from the point specified by the {X,Y}. The X and Y coordinates are expressed in client coordinates, so a conversion must be done in case your coordinates are relative to the screen or to other window. If the X parameter is -1 and Y parameter is -1 the PanelFromPoint property determines the handle of the Panel from the cursor. Use the Text property to access the text of the panel. Use the Index property to identify a panel in the status bar.

The following VB sample displays the caption from the cursor:

Private Sub StatusBar1_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    Dim p As EXSTATUSBARLibCtl.Panel
    With StatusBar1
        Set p = .PanelFromPoint(-1, -1)
        If (Not p Is Nothing) Then
            Debug.Print p.Text
        End If
    End With
End Sub

The following VB.NET sample displays the caption from the cursor:

Private Sub AxStatusBar1_MouseMoveEvent(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As AxEXSTATUSBARLib._IStatusBarEvents_MouseMoveEvent) Handles AxStatusBar1.MouseMoveEvent
    Dim p As EXSTATUSBARLib.Panel
    With AxStatusBar1
        p = .get_PanelFromPoint(-1, -1)
        If (Not p Is Nothing) Then
            Debug.Print(p.Text)
        End If
    End With
End Sub

The following C# sample displays the caption from the cursor:

private void axStatusBar1_MouseMoveEvent(object sender, AxEXSTATUSBARLib._IStatusBarEvents_MouseMoveEvent e)
{
    EXSTATUSBARLib.Panel p = axStatusBar1.get_PanelFromPoint(-1, -1);
    if (p != null)
        System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(p.Text);
}

The following C++ sample displays the caption from the cursor:

void OnMouseMoveStatusbar1(short Button, short Shift, long X, long Y) 
{
	CPanel panel = m_statusBar.GetPanelFromPoint( -1, -1 );
	if ( panel.m_lpDispatch != NULL )
		OutputDebugString( panel.GetText() );
}

The following VFP sample displays the caption from the cursor:

*** ActiveX Control Event ***
LPARAMETERS button, shift, x, y

with thisform.StatusBar1
	local p
	p = .PanelFromPoint(-1,-1)
	if ( !isnull(p) )
		wait window nowait p.Text
	endif
endwith