WPF StatusBar Update Paradigm

[ClubbieTim]

I have an event that I would like to sandwich with "Loading..." and "Ready!" textblocks on my status bar. This is on a WPF application (as opposed to a web app).

This would be simply on a Windows Form, but in the world of WPF I am having an existential crisis.

Here's the jist:

XAML

<!--StatusBar-->
        <StatusBar Height="30" Name="MasterStatusBar" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" >
            <StatusBarItem Name="StatusBarStatus">
                <TextBlock Name="Status">Work</TextBlock>
            </StatusBarItem>
        </StatusBar>
 
        <!--Button-->
        <Button HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0,116,151,122" Name="button1" Width="75" Click="button1_Click">Button</Button>
 

C#

        private void button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            StatusBarItem StatusBarItem = (StatusBarItem)MasterStatusBar.FindName("StatusBarStatus");
            TextBlock txt = (TextBlock)StatusBarItem.FindName("Status");
 
            txt.Text = "Loading...";
 
            //Some long process
            Thread.Sleep(1500);
 
            txt.Text = "Ready";
 
        }
 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[blackandcold]

I know it's an old post but:

You can access your textblock defined in the XAML document by giving a name.
So you only have to set:

Status.Text = "Ready";