Changing the text in statusbar of mdiparent 1

[Jacqui1811]

Hi folks.
I want to set the text in the mdi parent from a child form but have had no luck.
Can anybody give me a push in the right direction
Thanks.
Jacqui.

 

[ralphtrent]

What code do you have so far?

Off the top of my head I would think you would do something like this

ParentFormObject frmParent = (ParentFormObject)this.Parent;
frmParent.StatusBar[0].Text = "My Text"
frmPartent = null;

 

[Jacqui1811]

Hi,
Thanks for replying ralphtrent.
I haven't realy any relevant code to paste, however I am accessing the mdi parent to set other things as below.

this.MdiParent.MainMenuStrip.Enabled = true;

I can not seem to get it to offer me the StatusBar option.

Jacqui.

 

[ralphtrent]

With the following code in my child form, I was able to set the status bar text (first item)

StatusStrip ss = (StatusStrip)this.MdiParent.Controls.Find("statusStrip1", true)[0];
            if (ss.Items.Count == 0)
            {
                ss.Items.Add("TextToChange");
            }
            else
            {
                ss.Items[0].Text = "TextToChange";
            }
            ss = null;

Hope this helps.

 

[Jacqui1811]

Thanks,
That got the job done perfectly .
Regards
Jacqui.