- Investigating Unsupported Controls in the .NET Compact Framework
- Investigating Unsupported System.Windows.Forms Functionality in the .NET Compact Framework
- Working with the Visual Studio .NET Form Designer
- Understanding the Different Windows Forms Target Platforms
- Working with the Form Control
- Programming the Button Control
- Using the TextBox Control
- Using the Label Control
- Working with RadioButton Controls
- Using the CheckBox Control
- Using the ComboBox Control
- Using the ListBox Control
- Using the NumericUpDown Control
- Using the DomainUpDown Control
- Programming the ProgressBar Control
- Using the StatusBar Control
- Using the TrackBar Control
- Using the ToolBar Control
- Adding Menus with the MainMenu Control
- Using a ContextMenu Control in an Application
- Using the Timer Control
- Using the OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog Controls
- Using the Panel Control
- Using the HScrollBar and VScrollBar Controls
- Using the ImageList Control
- Using the PictureBox Control
- Using the ListView Control
- Using the TabControl Control
- Using the TreeView Control
- Working with the DataGrid Control
- In Brief
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Using the StatusBar Control
The status bar is an area, at the button of a form, that displays status information to the user. This status bar can display only text information. A common use of a status bar is to provide users with a simple sentence that describes the state of the application or tell the user what operations can now be executed, given the current state of the application. It can also replace a ProgressBar control to display the status of time-consuming operations.
To update a StatusBar control, simply change the value of its Text property. When the text is changed, the control is automatically repainted to display the new text, just like a Label control. Figure 3.13 displays an application that starts and stops a Timer control. Every time the Timer control fires, the status bar is updated.
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3.13 A sample application that showcases the StatusBar control
running on the Pocket PC 2002 emulator.