Hi im trying to get my childforms to show on my mdiparent statusstrip just like programs etc. show in windows on the taskbar.
Firstly im struggling to merge the 2 statusstrips that in itself seems to be a challenge unlike the menustrip
second i want to put a button on the child statusstrip that you can press to bring the form back to the front when you have multiple childforms open.
thirdly i guess i need multiple statusstrips to merge with each forms own bring back to front buttons. Any ideas on this one

anybody got any thoughts on this one?

maybe you need more info to move this forward tell me the info you need and ill be glad to supply. thanks for the help

Hi,

->get my childforms to show on my mdiparent statusstrip just like programs

When open a childform, add a Item to the parent form’s StatusStrip.

->you can press to bring the form back to the front when you have multiple childforms open.

Add an event to the ToolStripStatusLabel.Click event or button.click event.

EventArgs e)

Form2();

ToolStripStatusLabel lab01 = new ToolStripStatusLabel(f2.Text.ToString());

EventHandler(lab01_Click);

EventHandler(lab01_Click);

EventArgs e)

-> Need multiple statusstrips to merge with each forms own bring back to front buttons

Do you mean one line one item? If so, you can set the LayoutStyle of statusstrip to VerticalStackWithOverflow.If there are too many items, you can set the LayoutStyle to flow.

For more information about LayoutStyle, visit the following web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.toolstriplayoutstyle.aspx

Hoping that could help you.

If I misunderstood you or you have other questions, please feel free to tell me.

Best regards,

Ling Wang

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Hi, just to let you know im using vb. So im a little confused first you say add item to mdi parent status strip, add what item? Am i trying to merge status strips here or not? or are you just saying create button on statusstrip of parent form upon opening? if so if tried that and had no success. So the next bit is immaterial because i cant get anything on the statusstrip in the first place. Ive read and seen this:-

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8f8z3ws0.aspx

but not really sure how to go about it. I like mdi parent form but now i kind of get the impression it would be much easier just to run without that and have everything on the windows task bar, its a shame.

Hi,

I am sorry for misunderstanding.

I thought you want to implement add an item to the MDIParent form to bring the corresponding form to the front. I gave you another way to implement this function.

Yes, we can use the ToolStripManager.Merge() method to implement merging two StatusStrip controls. But first, the Source and target StatusStip controls need to be different. If you really want to implement merge the same StatusStrip control, you need to add and remove the items by other code.

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Click anywhere in the child form, including StatusStrip, will bring the child form to the front. That what I got confused. I thought the “child statustrip�may be the corresponding item in the StatusStrip of main form.

Thisthread is about merge two ToolStrip controls, and this is also working for StatusStrip controls.

And the following is in VB.NET:

Class Form1

Dim f2 As New Form2

Private Sub ToolStripStatusLabel3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStripStatusLabel3.Click

Me

End Sub

Private Sub ToolStripStatusLabel4_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStripStatusLabel4.Click

Dim activeForm As Form = Me.ActiveMdiChild

If Not (Me.ActiveMdiChild Is Nothing) Then

If Me.ActiveMdiChild.Name = f2.Name Then

CType(activeForm, Form2).StatusStrip1, StatusStrip1)

End If

End If

End Sub

Class

Best regards,

Ling Wang

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I tried this and it works, but i was hoping that i could incorporate the statusstrip merge when i fire the form from the toolstrip.

mdiparent

Private Sub Form1ToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Form1ToolStripMenuItem.Click
Dim NewMDIChild As New Form1
NewMDIChild.MdiParent = Me
NewMDIChild.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized

NewMDIChild.Show()

End Sub

but then it doesnt work. also when i try to have statuslabel on form1 showing form it opens out of the mdiparent.

form1

Private Sub ToolStripStatusLabel1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStripStatusLabel1.Click
Dim NewMDIChild As New Form1

NewMDIChild.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized

NewMDIChild.Show()
End Sub

the idea here being it displays the various forms like programs in windows on the taskbar and click them to show them.

Then you can access StatusStrip of form2 directly.

If f2.Visible Then

Me.StatusStrip1)

End If

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this now merges nicely, thankyou. i have the statusstrip set visible=false on my form1 properties and this for the code

Private Sub Form1ToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Form1ToolStripMenuItem.Click
Dim NewMDIChild As New Form1
NewMDIChild.MdiParent = Me
NewMDIChild.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized
NewMDIChild.Show()
Dim activeform As Form1 = Me.ActiveMdiChild
If Not (Me.ActiveMdiChild Is Nothing) Then
If Me.ActiveMdiChild.Name = Form1.Name Then

ToolStripManager.Merge(Form1.StatusStrip1, Me.StatusStrip1)

End If
End If


End Sub

but now i have got to set the toolstripstatuslabel to bring form back to front instead of this which opens the form outside the mdiparent

Private Sub ToolStripStatusLabel1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStripStatusLabel1.Click
Dim MDIChild As New Form1
MDIChild.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized
MDIChild.Show()
End Sub

I also notice something else here when you close form1 the statustriplabel remains on the mdiparent status strip, i guess i need to handle that in the form closing event somehow

anybody else got any ideas for this one? thanks

Hi,

Do you mean undoing a merging of two ToolStrip objects when closing the child form? You can use ToolStripMananger.RevertMerge Method. Something likes the following:

Form1-----------------------------------

Dim f2 As Form2

Dim f3 As Form3

Private Sub ToolStripStatusLabel1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStripStatusLabel1.Click

New Form2()

Me

New Form3()

Sub

Form2-----------------------------------

Private Sub Form2_FormClosed(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosedEventArgs) Handles MyBase.FormClosed

Me.StatusStrip1)

End Sub

Form3-----------------------------------

Private Sub Form3_FormClosed(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosedEventArgs) Handles MyBase.FormClosed

Me.StatusStrip1)

End Sub

Best regards,

Ling Wang

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this still doesnt remove ToolStripStatusLabel1 from mdi statusbar

Could you please post your code or upload your project? Skydrive (http://skydrive.live.com/ ) may be a good option. That will make the issue more clearly.

Besides, you can set the visible property to the control which you want to hide.

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i uploaded files to skydrive, i think to my public folder? I never used it before, not sure if you need a link or my email addres

Ok, please give me the link. Thanks.

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