MDI problem - about status bar

i have a parent form call main and at the parent form have a status bar, and i have a child form call abc form , i want to know how to set the status bar text when i mouse move to the textbox at the child form ???

i have using the code below but the status bar didnt display anything

Code:

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Private Sub ClientName_TextBox_MouseEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ClientName_TextBox.MouseEnter

Dim main As New MainMenu
main.StatusBar1.Text = "Enter Client Name"

End Sub

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please help thank you

Hi,

Of course not! Why have you created a new MainMenu when you have already done so in design mode?

If you have not changed the default name your code should be:
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Private Sub ClientName_TextBox_MouseEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ClientName_TextBox.MouseEnter

MainMenu1.StatusBar1.Text = "Enter Client Name"

End Sub

cannot

the status bar is at my mainmenu form, and the abc is my child form, it is different form

if i didnt declair the name it will display an error

example the status bar is at my main menu - parent form, and the client form is the child of the parent form - it is different form

so how can i set the status bar word ???? if i move movein the client form textbox ?????

Hi,


Take out that new declaration completely.

Set the Modifiers property of the StatusBar to Public.

use:

VB Code:

Private Sub ClientName_TextBox_MouseEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ClientName_TextBox.MouseEnter
 
frmMainMenu.StatusBar1.Text = "Enter Client Name"
 
End Sub

HI,

Sorry, My tiny mind has been confused by your choice of form names. I have now amended ny previous post on the assumption that your main form is instances under the name

frmMainMenu

and that your status bar is names

StatusBar1

when i take the declaration out

is say my statusbar1 is not declair and got error

ok my main menu got onestatus bar , and my child form call abc dont have the status bar and it depend on the parent status bar, and i want to set the child form when the mouse point to the client name text box in the abc form and the main menu status bar will display the word that i want.



thank you

the code below is at my abc form not my main menu form

Code:

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    Private Sub ClientName_TextBox_MouseEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ClientName_TextBox.MouseEnter

StatusBar1.Text = "Enter Client Name"

End Sub

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Hi Ninja, hi Taxes. As often (always!) I'm a little confused.....excuse me Taxes, help me to understand, please....is it possible the problem is only due to the fact that Ninja can't refer MainForm? It's a classic problem that I know you perfectly Know, better than me. Probably I'm missing some details, but if it was the case, the solution, dear Taxes, is that one you perfectly know (declare formmain as public in a module, so you can access to its controls) and you can explain it to our friend Ninja with less difficult than me. Or I'm completely out of the question?:confused:

Hi,

As I said it should be

VB Code:

Private Sub ClientName_TextBox_MouseEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ClientName_TextBox.MouseEnter
 
MainMenu1.StatusBar1.Text = "Enter Client Name"
 
End Sub

And your StatusBar modifier property should be Public and (I forgot to say, form mainmenu should be declared Public in the module. Thanks alextyx

Sorry
i got a question want to ask

i already declair the statusbar to public

and if i remove the Dim main As New FirstPage

i cannot use the statusbar

but if i use the Dim main As New FirstPage

i can use but the status bar didnt display anything

hello mates. i've got this. hope this helps.

VB Code:

' On Form1 which contains the StatusBar1
   Private Sub mnuNew_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuNew.Click
      Dim f As New Form2(Me)
      f.MdiParent = Me
      f.Show()
   End Sub
 
' On Form2 which has the TextBox1
   Dim f As Form1
   Public Sub New(ByVal f As Form1)
      MyBase.New()
      Me.f = f
 
      'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
      InitializeComponent()
 
      'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call
 
   End Sub
 
' . . .
   Private Sub TextBox1_TextChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox1.TextChanged
      f.StatusBar1.Text = sender.text
   End Sub

Dear B.M., you always wonder me!:)
I have not tested your code. I assume it works, anyway.
It's a very interesting approach. I'll try it when I'll have a good opportunity!
Good job to you,Taxes and Ninja. Bye friends!:)

hello alextyx [ friend ]. hehe. i don't even know if this the efficient one. perhaps taxes has a better idea and some expertz here [ warning: i'm not one of them ]. cheers mates. :)

Hi Ninjaz,

We are going round in circles and it is not clear from the language you use exactly what you have done.

1. You do NOT declare the StatusBar as public. You have placed the statusbar on the form MainMenu at design time and you should then set the StatusBar Modifiers property to public. You do this in the properties window.

2. Stop naming your forms with names which have other meanings in VB.NET. There is a control called "MainMenu".

3. Where and how have you created the instance of the form you call MainMenu? It should be declared as Public.

4. Have you used the following code?

VB Code:

Private Sub ClientName_TextBox_MouseEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ClientName_TextBox.MouseEnter
 
MainMenu1.StatusBar1.Text = "Enter Client Name"
 
End Sub

ok thanx ~ i using another way to soft the problem ~

thank you for your guys help ~

sorry to disturbing u all