Status bar: display time and prompt message for menu item
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
public class MainForm : 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 MainForm()
{
InitializeComponent();
Text = "Status Bar Example";
CenterToScreen();
BackColor = Color.CadetBlue;
// Configure the timer.
timer1.Interval = 1000;
timer1.Enabled = true;
timer1.Tick += new EventHandler(timer1_Tick);
this.MenuComplete += new EventHandler(StatusForm_MenuDone);
BuildMenuSystem();
BuildStatBar();
}
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
this.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(300,300);
this.Text = "Form1";
}
static void Main()
{
Application.Run(new MainForm());
}
// Clicked handlers.
private void FileExit_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.Close();
}
// Help | About Menu item handler
private void HelpAbout_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
MessageBox.Show("The amazing menu app...");
}
// Selected handlers.
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";
}
// Other handlers...
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()
{
// Configure the status bar.
statusBar.ShowPanels = true;
statusBar.Panels.AddRange(new StatusBarPanel[] {sbPnlPrompt, sbPnlTime});
// Configure prompt panel.
sbPnlPrompt.BorderStyle = StatusBarPanelBorderStyle.None;
sbPnlPrompt.AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Spring;
sbPnlPrompt.Width = 62;
sbPnlPrompt.Text = "Ready";
// Configure time pane.
sbPnlTime.Alignment = HorizontalAlignment.Right;
sbPnlTime.Width = 76;
try
{
Icon i = new Icon("status.ico");
sbPnlPrompt.Icon = i;
}
catch(Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
this.Controls.Add(statusBar);
}
}
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