Re: Accesing StatusBar

I need in C# please.

> I need in C# please.
If you used the designer you will find that the StatusBar member of your MDI parent form is private i.e.:
public class MainForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
private System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar statusBar1;
....
so you want to add an accessor to MainForm to expose it
public StatusBar MainFormStatusBar
{
get {return statusBar1 ;}
}

then from a MDI child form you can just get hold of it by doing:
MainForm mainForm = (MainForm) this.MdiParent ;
StatusBar sb = mainForm.MainFormStatusBar ;

which you can shorten to
StatusBar sb = ((MainForm) this.MdiParent).MainFormStatusBar ;
if you prefer
HTH,

Ian Cooper
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