Stephens' C# Programming with Visual Studio® 2010 24-Hour Trainer

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LESSON 6 Making Tool STripS and STaTuS STripS

Initially check the Text Color menu’s Black choice and the Background Color menu’s

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White choice.

Give the Background Color menu items

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Images that display samples of the color.

Create the

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ToolStrip with buttons that duplicate the menu hierarchy. The ToolStrip

should hold two

ToolStripDropDownButtons.

Name the first tool

ToolStripDropDownButton textColorButton and make it display the

text “A.” Give it the items Black, Red, Green, and Blue. Each item should have

ForeColor

property set to its color.

Name the second tool

ToolStripDropDownButton backColorButton and make it initially

display a white color sample. Give it the items White, Pink, Green, and Blue. Make each of

these display an

Image showing a sample of the color.

Give the

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StatusStrip a ToolStripStatusLabel named colorLabel with Text =

Text Colors.

Add event handlers.

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Make the File menu’s Exit item close the form.

Make event handlers for each of the Text Color menu items.

Set the

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RichTextBox control’s ForeColor property to the selected color.

Set the

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ForeColor property of the textColorMenuItem submenu to the appropri-

ate color.

Set the

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ForeColor property of the textColorButton tool strip button to the appro-

priate color.

Set the

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ForeColor property of the colorLabel label to the appropriate color.

Check the selected menu item and deselect the other Text Color menu items. ...