Date and Time in StatusBar : StatusBar « GUI Windows Forms « C# / CSharp Tutorial






using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
   
class DateAndTimeStatus: Form
{
     StatusBarPanel sbpMenu, sbpDate, sbpTime;
   
     public static void Main()
     {
          Application.Run(new DateAndTimeStatus());
     }
     public DateAndTimeStatus()
     {
          StatusBar sb = new StatusBar();
          sb.Parent = this;
          sb.ShowPanels = true;
   
          sbpMenu = new StatusBarPanel();
          sbpMenu.Text = "Reserved for menu help";
          sbpMenu.BorderStyle = StatusBarPanelBorderStyle.None;
          sbpMenu.AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Spring;
   
          sbpDate = new StatusBarPanel();
          sbpDate.AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Contents;
          sbpDate.ToolTipText = "The current date";
   
          sbpTime = new StatusBarPanel();
          sbpTime.AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Contents;
          sbpTime.ToolTipText = "The current time";
   
          sb.Panels.AddRange(new StatusBarPanel[] 
                                        { sbpMenu, sbpDate, sbpTime });
   
          Timer timer = new Timer();
          timer.Tick += new EventHandler(TimerOnTick);
          timer.Interval = 1000;
          timer.Start();
     }
     void TimerOnTick(object obj, EventArgs ea)
     {
          DateTime dt = DateTime.Now;
   
          sbpDate.Text = dt.ToShortDateString();
          sbpTime.Text = dt.ToShortTimeString();
     }
}








23.25.StatusBar
23.25.1.Simple Status Bar with Panel
23.25.2.Form with StatusBarForm with StatusBar
23.25.3.Add Icon to StatusBarAdd Icon to StatusBar
23.25.4.Date and Time in StatusBar
23.25.5.Status Bar and Auto-Scroll