How do I write something into the StatusStrip ?

[Carla Simeoni]

I added a StatusStrip "Sstrip1" to a Form "Form1".

In the procedure

private void Form1_Load(...)

I added the following statement:

Sstrip1.Text = "Text in my StatusStrip";

Unfortunately this text assignment is not recognized.
When I call the program the StatusStrip is empty.

How do I make the text visible ?

Carla

[Fred Mellender]

The status strip is a sort of menu/toobar. You have to add something to it,
like a ToolStripStatus Label, and then assign your text to that label.Text.

In the forms designer, if you left click on the statusStrip (in the form),
you should see a little box with an arrow. Left click on that, and you get
a menu of items you can add (label, progressBar, dropDownButton,
splitButton). Click on one to get the item added.

Note that you can have multiple items in the same statusStrip.
"Carla Simeoni" <c.****@subnet. netwrote in message
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>I added a StatusStrip "Sstrip1" to a Form "Form1".

In the procedure

private void Form1_Load(...)

I added the following statement:

Sstrip1.Text = "Text in my StatusStrip";

Unfortunately this text assignment is not recognized.
When I call the program the StatusStrip is empty.

How do I make the text visible ?

Carla