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Manually adding a ToolStripStatusLabel Issues?

My program requires that at a certain point I manually add a ToolStripStatusLabel to my StatusStrip bar. I got it working to a point but I'm not sure it's the correct or accepted way to do so. When the program runs thru the code for the first time, even though the form in question has a StatusStrip along with a ToolStripStatuslabel already added, for some reason it appears as if it doesn't.

So, I execute the following code:

If gSBR.Items.Count = 0 Then
gSBR.Items.Add("")
gSBR.Items(0).TextAlign = ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter
gSBR.Items(0).Spring = True
End If
gSBR.Items(0).Text = "ESC - Close Form"

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This code works but I'm not sure why I can't run this code:

If gSBR.Items.Count = 0 Then
gSBR.Items.Add(ToolStripStatusLabel)
End If

It doesn't like the latter code.

Anyway, in the first set of code, I'm also trying to set the "Spring" property to True. Problem is, the Spring property doesn't show up in intellisense. How can I set this manually?

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Jacques Bourgeois (James Burger)

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BlakeMcKenna

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Perfect James...worked like a charm!

Thanks!

BlakeMcKenna

ASKER

James,

I closed this out a little too soon. Your answer worked but was only part of the solution. I'm trying to reference the "Spring" property of the ToolStripStatusLabel and can't do it. Take a look at the last paragraph in my original post.

Thanks,