UI commands, hint text in status bar when selecting menu items

[Martin Maat]

I am almost longing for MFC (no, not really, but a couple of things seem to
be less powerfull in Windows.Forms).

One is updating menu item status. Having commands separated from the UI
thingies that invokes them and event handlers for updating the command's
status was very convenient. I don't see this in Windows.Forms and this seems
like a step back.

Another related issue is help text in the status bar when the user wanders
through menu items. I would go as far as implementing Select event handlers
for each item but I see no decent way to clear the help text when the item
is deselected or the menu disappears.

I found System.Web.UI.MobileControls.Command which seems to cover what I
want but this is a whole different namespace, I want something like this for
Windows.Forms.

I would like to here from people who have been struggling with these isues
too and learn how they worked around them.

Regards, Martin.

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi Martin,
Take a look at this article
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...andManagement/

It explain how to use the Command pattern precisely for this.

Cheers,

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Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

"Martin Maat" <du***@somewhere.nl> wrote in message
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I am almost longing for MFC (no, not really, but a couple of things seem to be less powerfull in Windows.Forms).

One is updating menu item status. Having commands separated from the UI
thingies that invokes them and event handlers for updating the command's
status was very convenient. I don't see this in Windows.Forms and this seems like a step back.

Another related issue is help text in the status bar when the user wanders
through menu items. I would go as far as implementing Select event handlers for each item but I see no decent way to clear the help text when the item
is deselected or the menu disappears.

I found System.Web.UI.MobileControls.Command which seems to cover what I
want but this is a whole different namespace, I want something like this for Windows.Forms.

I would like to here from people who have been struggling with these isues
too and learn how they worked around them.

Regards, Martin.

[Martin Maat]

"Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us> wrote
in message news:Or**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

Take a look at this article
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...andManagement/

It explains how to use the Command pattern precisely for this.

Indeed, just what I need. Thank you.

Martin.