I've created a static text control inside the status bar control so that I can display colored text there like so:

my $status = Wx::StatusBar->new($parent,wxSB_RAISED);
$status->SetForegroundColour(wxRED);
my $warning = Wx::StaticText->new ($status, wxID_ANY,"Input Error!");
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But how do I destroy the text control so that I can display status text in the same position without getting blocked? I've tried:

$warning->Destroy();
$status->SetStatusText("OK",0);
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But it does not seem to have any effect. Any pointers? Thanks like always.

UPDATE

Thanks Anonymous Monks :)

I had tried the Hide and Show methods before posting the question but it didn't seem to work. But now after playing around with the demo code you kindly offered here, I think I am able to get the hide and show to work as expected. Thanks :) But I'm still missing something obvious. The following code shows my problem: why I can't destroy the control?

use strict; use warnings;
use Wx ':everything';

my $window = Wx::Frame->new(undef, -1, "Colored Statusbar Text");
my $panel  = Wx::Panel->new($window);
my $button = Wx::Button->new(
        $panel,
        -1,
        "Toggle",            
);

Wx::Event::EVT_BUTTON( 
                            $button, 
                            -1, 
                            \&button_click,
);

my $status = $window->CreateStatusBar(2, wxSB_RAISED);


$window->Show;
my $hit =1;

Wx::SimpleApp->new->MainLoop;

sub button_click {

    $hit++;     
    my $warning = Wx::StaticText->new($status, -1, "Input Error",,[3,8
+]);
    $warning->SetForegroundColour(wxRED);

    if ($hit % 2) {
        $status->SetStatusText("", 0);
        $warning->Show;
    } 
    else {
        $warning->Destroy;
        $status->SetStatusText("OK", 0);
    }    
}
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UPDATE2

The hide and show methods seem to work:

use strict; use warnings;
use Wx ':everything';

my $window = Wx::Frame->new(undef, -1, "Colored Statusbar Text");
my $panel  = Wx::Panel->new($window);
my $button = Wx::Button->new(
        $panel,
        -1,
        "Toggle",            
);

Wx::Event::EVT_BUTTON( 
                            $button, 
                            -1, 
                            \&button_click,
);

my $status = $window->CreateStatusBar(2, wxSB_RAISED);
my $warning = Wx::StaticText->new($status, -1, "Input Error",,[3,8]);
$warning->SetForegroundColour(wxRED);

$window->Show;
my $hit =1;

Wx::SimpleApp->new->MainLoop;

sub button_click {

    $hit++;     
    

    if ($hit % 2) {
        $status->SetStatusText("", 0);
        $warning->Show;
    } 
    else {
        $warning->Hide;
        $status->SetStatusText("OK", 0);
    }    
}
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