new TextBox(), Localtion, Name, TabIndex, Text

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using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

class MainForm : Form
{
    private Label label1;
    private TextBox textBox1;
    private Button button1;

    public MainForm()
    {
         this.label1 = new Label();
         this.textBox1 = new TextBox();
         this.button1 = new Button();
         this.SuspendLayout();

         this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 36);
         this.label1.Name = "label1";
         this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(128, 16);
         this.label1.TabIndex = 0;
         this.label1.Text = "Please enter your name:"; 

         this.textBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(152, 32);
         this.textBox1.Name = "textBox1";
         this.textBox1.TabIndex = 1;
         this.textBox1.Text = "";

         this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(109, 80);
         this.button1.Name = "button1";
         this.button1.TabIndex = 2;
         this.button1.Text = "Enter";
         this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);

         this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 126);
         this.Controls.Add(this.button1);
         this.Controls.Add(this.textBox1);
         this.Controls.Add(this.label1);
         this.ResumeLayout(false);
     }
     private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
     {
        System.Console.WriteLine("User entered: " + textBox1.Text);
        MessageBox.Show("Welcome, " + textBox1.Text, "Visual C#");
     }
     [STAThread]
     public static void Main()
     {
        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.Run(new MainForm());
     }
}

    


TextBox location

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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;

public class frmLogin : System.Windows.Forms.Form {
    System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtUser;
    System.Windows.Forms.Button btnOK;
    System.Windows.Forms.Button btnCancel;

    public frmLogin() {
        txtUser = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
        txtUser.Location = new Point(30, 15);
        txtUser.Size = new Size(250, 20);
        txtUser.Text = "";
        txtUser.Name = "txtUser";
        this.Controls.Add(txtUser);

        btnOK = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
        btnOK.Location = new Point(40,(txtUser.Location.Y + txtUser.Size.Height + btnOK.Size.Height));
        btnOK.Text = "OK";
        btnOK.Name = "btnOK";
        this.Controls.Add(btnOK);

        btnCancel = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
        btnCancel.Location = new Point((this.Size.Width -
                                        btnCancel.Size.Width) - 40,
           (txtUser.Location.Y + txtUser.Size.Height + btnOK.Size.Height));
        btnCancel.Text = "Cancel";
        btnCancel.Name = "btnCancel";
        this.Controls.Add(btnCancel);

        this.Size = new Size(this.Size.Width, btnCancel.Location.Y +
                             btnCancel.Size.Height + 60);

        btnCancel.Click += new System.EventHandler(btnCancelHandler);
        btnOK.Click += new System.EventHandler(btnEventHandler);
    }

    private void btnEventHandler(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
        MessageBox.Show(((Button)sender).Name);
    }

    private void btnCancelHandler(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
        MessageBox.Show("The second handler");
    }

    [STAThread]
    static void Main() {
        Application.Run(new frmLogin());
    }
}

    


Keyboard event and TextBox

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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Text;

public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form {
    private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox1;
    private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox textBox2;
    private System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox groupBox1;
    private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
    private System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox groupBox2;
    private System.Windows.Forms.Label label2;
    public Form1() {
        this.textBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
        this.textBox2 = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
        this.groupBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
        this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
        this.groupBox2 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
        this.label2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
        this.groupBox1.SuspendLayout();
        this.groupBox2.SuspendLayout();
        this.SuspendLayout();
        // 
        // textBox1
        // 
        this.textBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 24);
        this.textBox1.Name = "textBox1";
        this.textBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(168, 20);
        this.textBox1.TabIndex = 5;
        this.textBox1.Text = "";
        this.textBox1.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.textBox1_KeyDown);
        // 
        // textBox2
        // 
        this.textBox2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 24);
        this.textBox2.Name = "textBox2";
        this.textBox2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(168, 20);
        this.textBox2.TabIndex = 6;
        this.textBox2.Text = "";
        this.textBox2.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.textBox2_KeyDown);
        // 
        // groupBox1
        // 
        this.groupBox1.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                                                                this.label1,
                                                                                this.textBox1});
        this.groupBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 8);
        this.groupBox1.Name = "groupBox1";
        this.groupBox1.TabIndex = 7;
        this.groupBox1.TabStop = false;
        this.groupBox1.Text = "Key Monitor";
        // 
        // label1
        // 
        this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 64);
        this.label1.Name = "label1";
        this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(168, 20);
        this.label1.TabIndex = 6;
        // 
        // groupBox2
        // 
        this.groupBox2.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                                                                this.textBox2,
                                                                                this.label2});
        this.groupBox2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 120);
        this.groupBox2.Name = "groupBox2";
        this.groupBox2.TabIndex = 8;
        this.groupBox2.TabStop = false;
        this.groupBox2.Text = "Keys Enumeration";
        // 
        // label2
        // 
        this.label2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 64);
        this.label2.Name = "label2";
        this.label2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(168, 20);
        this.label2.TabIndex = 9;
        // 
        // Form1
        // 
        this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
        this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(216, 229);
        this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                                                      this.groupBox2,
                                                                      this.groupBox1});
        this.groupBox1.ResumeLayout(false);
        this.groupBox2.ResumeLayout(false);
        this.ResumeLayout(false);

    }
    [STAThread]
    static void Main() {
        Application.Run(new Form1());
    }

    private void textBox1_KeyDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e) {
        label1.Text = Convert.ToString(e.KeyValue);
    }

    private void textBox2_KeyDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e) {
        if (e.Shift) Console.WriteLine("Shift, ");
        if (e.Alt) Console.WriteLine("Alt, ");
        if (e.Control) Console.WriteLine("Ctrl, ");

        if (e.KeyCode == Keys.W || e.KeyCode == Keys.R ) {
            Console.WriteLine("W R ");
        } else if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Escape && e.Modifiers == (Keys.Shift | Keys.Alt)) {
            Console.WriteLine("Escape");
        } else if (e.KeyCode == Keys.C && e.Modifiers == (Keys.Alt | Keys.Control)) {
            Console.WriteLine("s");
            textBox2.SelectedText = "";
            textBox2.SelectionLength = 0;
        } else {
            Console.WriteLine(Convert.ToString(e.KeyData));
        }
    }
}

    


Set Text to Statusbar

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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
   
class SimpleStatusBar: Form
{
     public static void Main()
     {
          Application.Run(new SimpleStatusBar());
     }
     public SimpleStatusBar()
     {
          Text = "Simple Status Bar";
          ResizeRedraw = true;
   
          StatusBar sb = new StatusBar();
          sb.Parent = this;
          sb.Text = "My initial status bar text";
     }
     protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs pea)
     {
          Graphics grfx = pea.Graphics;
          Pen      pen  = new Pen(ForeColor);
   
          grfx.DrawLine(pen, 0, 0, ClientSize.Width, ClientSize.Height);
          grfx.DrawLine(pen, ClientSize.Width, 0, 0, ClientSize.Height);
     }
}

    


StatusBar with two panels

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using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.IO;

    public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
    {
        private System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton rdoLarge;
        private System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton rdoSmall;
        private System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton rdoList;
        private System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton rdoDetails;
        private System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox groupBox1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.StatusBarPanel statusBarPanel1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.StatusBarPanel statusBarPanel2;
        private System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar sbInfo;

        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.rdoDetails = new System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton();
            this.sbInfo = new System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar();
            this.statusBarPanel1 = new System.Windows.Forms.StatusBarPanel();
            this.statusBarPanel2 = new System.Windows.Forms.StatusBarPanel();
            this.rdoList = new System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton();
            this.rdoLarge = new System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton();
            this.rdoSmall = new System.Windows.Forms.RadioButton();
            this.groupBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.statusBarPanel1)).BeginInit();
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.statusBarPanel2)).BeginInit();
            this.groupBox1.SuspendLayout();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            //
            // rdoDetails
            //
            this.rdoDetails.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 96);
            this.rdoDetails.Name = "rdoDetails";
            this.rdoDetails.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(104, 16);
            this.rdoDetails.TabIndex = 3;
            this.rdoDetails.Text = "Details";
            this.rdoDetails.CheckedChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.rdoDetails_CheckedChanged);
            //
            // sbInfo
            //
            this.sbInfo.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 277);
            this.sbInfo.Name = "sbInfo";
            this.sbInfo.Panels.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.StatusBarPanel[] {
                                                                                                                                                            this.statusBarPanel1,
                                                                                                                                                            this.statusBarPanel2});
            this.sbInfo.ShowPanels = true;
            this.sbInfo.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(552, 16);
            this.sbInfo.TabIndex = 3;
            //
            // statusBarPanel1
            //
            this.statusBarPanel1.AutoSize = System.Windows.Forms.StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Spring;
            this.statusBarPanel1.Width = 526;
            //
            // statusBarPanel2
            //
            this.statusBarPanel2.AutoSize = System.Windows.Forms.StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Contents;
            this.statusBarPanel2.MinWidth = 0;
            this.statusBarPanel2.Width = 10;
            //
            // rdoList
            //
            this.rdoList.Checked = true;
            this.rdoList.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 72);
            this.rdoList.Name = "rdoList";
            this.rdoList.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(104, 16);
            this.rdoList.TabIndex = 2;
            this.rdoList.TabStop = true;
            this.rdoList.Text = "List";
            this.rdoList.CheckedChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.rdoList_CheckedChanged);
            //
            // rdoLarge
            //
            this.rdoLarge.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 24);
            this.rdoLarge.Name = "rdoLarge";
            this.rdoLarge.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(96, 16);
            this.rdoLarge.TabIndex = 0;
            this.rdoLarge.Text = "LargeIcon";
            this.rdoLarge.CheckedChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.rdoLarge_CheckedChanged);

            //
            // rdoSmall
            //
            this.rdoSmall.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 48);
            this.rdoSmall.Name = "rdoSmall";
            this.rdoSmall.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(104, 16);
            this.rdoSmall.TabIndex = 1;
            this.rdoSmall.Text = "SmallIcon";
            this.rdoSmall.CheckedChanged += new System.EventHandler(this.rdoSmall_CheckedChanged);

            //
            // groupBox1
            //
            this.groupBox1.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                                                                                                                                        this.rdoDetails,
                                                                                                                                                        this.rdoList,
                                                                                                                                                        this.rdoSmall,
                                                                                                                                                        this.rdoLarge});
            this.groupBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(424, 16);
            this.groupBox1.Name = "groupBox1";
            this.groupBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(120, 128);
            this.groupBox1.TabIndex = 2;
            this.groupBox1.TabStop = false;
            this.groupBox1.Text = "View mode";
            //
            // Form1
            //
            this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(552, 293);
            this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {this.sbInfo,
                                                                       this.groupBox1,
                                                                       });
            this.Name = "Form1";
            this.Text = "StatusBar";
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.statusBarPanel1)).EndInit();
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.statusBarPanel2)).EndInit();
            this.groupBox1.ResumeLayout(false);
            this.ResumeLayout(false);

        }
        static void Main()
        {
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }

        private void rdoLarge_CheckedChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            RadioButton rdb = (RadioButton)sender;
            if (rdb.Checked)
            {
                this.sbInfo.Panels[1].Text = "Large Icon";
            }
            this.sbInfo.Panels[0].Text = "AAA";
        }

        private void rdoList_CheckedChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            RadioButton rdb = (RadioButton)sender;
            if (rdb.Checked)
            {
                this.sbInfo.Panels[1].Text = "List";
            }
            this.sbInfo.Panels[0].Text = "BBB";
        }

        private void rdoSmall_CheckedChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            RadioButton rdb = (RadioButton)sender;
            if (rdb.Checked)
            {
                this.sbInfo.Panels[1].Text = "Small Icon";
            }
            this.sbInfo.Panels[0].Text = "CCC";

        }

        private void rdoDetails_CheckedChanged(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            RadioButton rdb = (RadioButton)sender;
            if (rdb.Checked)
            {
                this.sbInfo.Panels[1].Text = "Details";
            }
            this.sbInfo.Panels[0].Text = "DDD";
        }
    }


           
          


Status bar: display time and prompt message for menu item

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  using System;
  using System.Drawing;
  using System.Collections;
  using System.ComponentModel;
  using System.Windows.Forms;
  using System.Data;

  public class MainForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form
  {
    private StatusBar statusBar = new StatusBar();
    private StatusBarPanel sbPnlPrompt = new StatusBarPanel();
    private StatusBarPanel sbPnlTime = new StatusBarPanel();

    private Timer timer1 = new Timer();
    private MainMenu mainMenu;
    private System.ComponentModel.Container components;

    public MainForm()
    {
      InitializeComponent();

      Text = "Status Bar Example";
      CenterToScreen();
      BackColor = Color.CadetBlue;

      // Configure the timer.
      timer1.Interval = 1000;
      timer1.Enabled = true;
      timer1.Tick += new EventHandler(timer1_Tick);
      this.MenuComplete += new EventHandler(StatusForm_MenuDone);
      BuildMenuSystem();
      BuildStatBar();
    }

    private void InitializeComponent()
    {
      this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
      this.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(300,300);
      this.Text = "Form1";
    }
    static void Main() 
    {
      Application.Run(new MainForm());
    }

    // Clicked handlers.
    private void FileExit_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e) 
    {    
      this.Close();
    }
        
    // Help | About Menu item handler
    private void HelpAbout_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e) 
    {
      MessageBox.Show("The amazing menu app...");
    }
        
    // Selected handlers.
    private void FileExit_Selected(object sender, EventArgs e) 
    {
      sbPnlPrompt.Text = "Terminates this app";     
    }

    private void HelpAbout_Selected(object sender, EventArgs e) 
    {
      sbPnlPrompt.Text = "Displays app info";
    }

    // Other handlers...
    private void StatusForm_MenuDone(object sender, EventArgs e) 
    {
      sbPnlPrompt.Text = "Ready";
    }

    private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e) 
    {
      DateTime t = DateTime.Now;
      string s = t.ToLongTimeString() ;
      sbPnlTime.Text = s ;    
    }

    private void BuildMenuSystem()
    {
      mainMenu = new MainMenu();
      
      MenuItem miFile = mainMenu.MenuItems.Add("&File");          
      miFile.MenuItems.Add(new MenuItem("E&xit",new EventHandler(this.FileExit_Clicked), Shortcut.CtrlX));
      miFile.MenuItems[0].Select += new EventHandler(FileExit_Selected);

      MenuItem miHelp = mainMenu.MenuItems.Add("Help");  
      miHelp.MenuItems.Add(new MenuItem("&About",  new EventHandler(this.HelpAbout_Clicked), Shortcut.CtrlA));
      miHelp.MenuItems[0].Select += new EventHandler(HelpAbout_Selected);

      this.Menu = mainMenu;      
    }

    private void BuildStatBar()
    {
      // Configure the status bar.
      statusBar.ShowPanels = true;
      statusBar.Panels.AddRange(new StatusBarPanel[] {sbPnlPrompt, sbPnlTime});
      
      // Configure prompt panel.
      sbPnlPrompt.BorderStyle = StatusBarPanelBorderStyle.None;
      sbPnlPrompt.AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Spring;
      sbPnlPrompt.Width = 62;
      sbPnlPrompt.Text = "Ready";
      
      // Configure time pane.
      sbPnlTime.Alignment = HorizontalAlignment.Right;
      sbPnlTime.Width = 76;

      try
      {
        Icon i = new Icon("status.ico");
        sbPnlPrompt.Icon = i;
      }
      catch(Exception e)
      {
        Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
      }

      this.Controls.Add(statusBar);  
    }
  }


           
          


StatusBar Example

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/*
User Interfaces in C#: Windows Forms and Custom Controls
by Matthew MacDonald

Publisher: Apress
ISBN: 1590590457
*/
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;

namespace StatusBarExample
{
  /// <summary>
  /// Summary description for StatusBarExample.
  /// </summary>
  public class StatusBarExample : System.Windows.Forms.Form
  {
    internal System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar statusBar;
    /// <summary>
    /// Required designer variable.
    /// </summary>
    private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

    public StatusBarExample()
    {
      //
      // Required for Windows Form Designer support
      //
      InitializeComponent();

      //
      // TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
      //
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Clean up any resources being used.
    /// </summary>
    protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
    {
      if( disposing )
      {
        if (components != null) 
        {
          components.Dispose();
        }
      }
      base.Dispose( disposing );
    }

    #region Windows Form Designer generated code
    /// <summary>
    /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
    /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
    /// </summary>
    private void InitializeComponent()
    {
      this.statusBar = new System.Windows.Forms.StatusBar();
      this.SuspendLayout();
      // 
      // statusBar
      // 
      this.statusBar.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 138);
      this.statusBar.Name = "statusBar";
      this.statusBar.ShowPanels = true;
      this.statusBar.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 24);
      this.statusBar.SizingGrip = false;
      this.statusBar.TabIndex = 1;
      // 
      // StatusBarExample
      // 
      this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 14);
      this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 162);
      this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                      this.statusBar});
      this.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 8.25F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((System.Byte)(0)));
      this.Name = "StatusBarExample";
      this.Text = "StatusBar Example";
      this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.StatusBarExample_Load);
      this.ResumeLayout(false);

    }
    #endregion

    /// <summary>
    /// The main entry point for the application.
    /// </summary>
    [STAThread]
    static void Main() 
    {
      Application.Run(new StatusBarExample());
    }

    private void StatusBarExample_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
      StatusBarPanel pnlStatus = new StatusBarPanel();
      pnlStatus.Text = "Ready";
      pnlStatus.Icon = new Icon(Application.StartupPath + "active.ico");
      pnlStatus.AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Contents;

      StatusBarPanel pnlConnection = new StatusBarPanel();
      pnlConnection.Text = "Connected to " + "localhost";
      pnlConnection.AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Spring;

      statusBar.Panels.Add(pnlStatus);
      statusBar.Panels.Add(pnlConnection);

    }
  }
}



           
          


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