Form with StatusBar : StatusBar : GUI Windows Forms C# Examples

    
using  System;
using  System.Drawing;
using  System.Collections;
using  System.ComponentModel;
using  System.Windows.Forms;
using  System.Data;

public  class  FormWithStatusBar  :  System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
    private  StatusBar  statusBar  =  new  StatusBar();
    private  StatusBarPanel  sbPnlPrompt  =  new  StatusBarPanel();
    private  StatusBarPanel  sbPnlTime  =  new  StatusBarPanel();

    private  Timer  timer1  =  new  Timer();
    private  MainMenu  mainMenu;
    private  System.ComponentModel.Container  components;

    public  FormWithStatusBar()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        timer1.Interval  =  1000;
        timer1.Enabled  =  true;
        timer1.Tick  +=  new  EventHandler(timer1_Tick);
        this.MenuComplete  +=  new  EventHandler(StatusForm_MenuDone);
        BuildMenuSystem();
        BuildStatBar();
    }

    protected  override  void  Dispose(  bool  disposing  )
    {
        if(  disposing  )
        {
            if  (components  !=  null)  
            {
                components.Dispose();
            }
        }
        base.Dispose(  disposing  );
    }

    private  void  InitializeComponent()
    {
        this.components  =  new  System.ComponentModel.Container();
        this.Size  =  new  System.Drawing.Size(300,300);
        this.Text  =  "Form1";
    }
    [STAThread]
    static  void  Main()  
    {
        Application.Run(new  FormWithStatusBar());
    }

    private  void  FileExit_Clicked(object  sender,  EventArgs  e)  
    {        
        this.Close();
    }
        
    private  void  HelpAbout_Clicked(object  sender,  EventArgs  e)  
    {
        sbPnlPrompt.Text  =  "Help";
    }
        
    private  void  FileExit_Selected(object  sender,  EventArgs  e)  
    {
        sbPnlPrompt.Text  =  "Terminates  this  app";          
    }

    private  void  HelpAbout_Selected(object  sender,  EventArgs  e)  
    {
        sbPnlPrompt.Text  =  "Displays  app  info";
    }

    private  void  StatusForm_MenuDone(object  sender,  EventArgs  e)  
    {
        sbPnlPrompt.Text  =  "Ready";
    }

    private  void  timer1_Tick(object  sender,  EventArgs  e)  
    {
        DateTime  t  =  DateTime.Now;
        string  s  =  t.ToLongTimeString()  ;
        sbPnlTime.Text  =  s  ;        
    }

    private  void  BuildMenuSystem()
    {
        mainMenu  =  new  MainMenu();
        
        MenuItem  miFile  =  mainMenu.MenuItems.Add("&File");                    
        miFile.MenuItems.Add(new  MenuItem("E&xit",  new  EventHandler(this.FileExit_Clicked),Shortcut.CtrlX));
        miFile.MenuItems[0].Select  +=  new  EventHandler(FileExit_Selected);

        MenuItem  miHelp  =  mainMenu.MenuItems.Add("Help");    
        miHelp.MenuItems.Add(new  MenuItem("&About",new  EventHandler(this.HelpAbout_Clicked),Shortcut.CtrlA));
        miHelp.MenuItems[0].Select  +=  new  EventHandler(HelpAbout_Selected);

        this.Menu  =  mainMenu;            
    }

    private  void  BuildStatBar()
    {
        statusBar.ShowPanels  =  true;
        statusBar.Panels.AddRange(new  StatusBarPanel[]  {sbPnlPrompt,  sbPnlTime});
        
        sbPnlPrompt.BorderStyle  =  StatusBarPanelBorderStyle.None;
        sbPnlPrompt.AutoSize  =  StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Spring;
        sbPnlPrompt.Width  =  62;
        sbPnlPrompt.Text  =  "Ready";
        
        sbPnlTime.Alignment  =  HorizontalAlignment.Right;
        sbPnlTime.Width  =  76;

        this.Controls.Add(statusBar);    
    }
}