Creating a status bar?

How could I create a status bar that looks like the one of Internet Explorer?
I thought about deactivated JToggleButton with pressed state, but the shadow of it is too strong.
Somehow I need to have the separators in the status bar to look like in Windows applications, for instance like used in Internet Explorer.

It is not an exact match.
The separators look slightly thicker and the shadows are softer in IE.
However this should help.
        JPanel statusbar = new JPanel();
        statusbar.setLayout(new BoxLayout(statusbar,BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
        statusbar.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100,30));
        JPanel pan1 = new JPanel();
        pan1.setBorder(BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(1));
        pan1.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100,30));
        statusbar.add(pan1);
        JPanel pan2 = new JPanel();
        pan2.setBorder(BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(1));
        pan2.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(30,30));
        statusbar.add(pan2);
        JPanel pan3 = new JPanel();
        pan3.setBorder(BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(1));
        pan3.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(30,30));
        statusbar.add(pan3);
        JPanel pan4 = new JPanel();
        pan4.setBorder(BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(1));
        statusbar.add(pan4);
        getContentPane().add(statusbar, BorderLayout.SOUTH);There is another BorderFactory.createBevelBorder( ... ) method that will allow you to change the color of the shadows.
If you want them thicker you'll probably have to use a custom border.
Derek

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I would like to create a status bar at the bottom of my main window similiar to "Internet explorer" has. I thought of using a tool bar but I can't see how to keep it positioned at the bottom of the window when the window is resizable. Any other ideas on how to do this the bar only needs to contain a small amout of text and maybe an icon or two.

CVI doesn't have a status bar control on UI element like the one available in Visual Studio++. The best way to replicate this is most like through a string control that is resized and positioned to remain at the bottom of the window and colored to look appropriately. I have also seen the combination of a decoration and a text message used.
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How can I create a Status Bar?
Thanks.

I'm pretty sure this has been covered a couple of 1000 times... let me see.... ah yes, Dr. Google is your friend:
http://www.google.com/search?lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=java%20swing%20status%20bar

To create a status bar

hai friends,
how can we create a status bar in a window/frame/textbox.

I got this answer. Any one have other choices..
class MenuHelpTextAdapter implements ChangeListener
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   private String helpText;
   private JLabel statusBar;
   public MenuHelpTextAdapter(JMenuItem menuItem, String helpText, JLabel statusBar)
      this.menuItem = menuItem;
      this.helpText = helpText;
      this.statusBar = statusBar;
      menuItem.addChangeListener(this);
   public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent evt)
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         statusBar.setText(helpText);
      else
         statusBar.setText(" ");
}The code that creates the adapters for the menu items is quite simple:
new MenuHelpTextAdapter(item1, "Help text for item 1", statusBar);
   new MenuHelpTextAdapter(item2, "Item 2 info", statusBar);Using this adapter -- as an inner class in this case -- we can create a complete sample program:
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import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
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   JMenuItem item2;
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      frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
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      item1 = new JMenuItem("Item 1");
      item2 = new JMenuItem("Item 2");
      fileMenu.add(item1);
      fileMenu.add(item2);
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      contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
      contentPane.add("Center", new JButton("Main application area"));
      statusBar = new JLabel(" ");
      contentPane.add("South", statusBar);
      new MenuHelpTextAdapter(item1, "Help text for item 1", statusBar);
      new MenuHelpTextAdapter(item2, "Item 2 info", statusBar);
      frame.setSize(400,400);
      frame.setVisible(true);
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      StatusBarTest t = new StatusBarTest();
      t.init();
   class MenuHelpTextAdapter implements ChangeListener
      private JMenuItem menuItem;
      private String helpText;
      private JLabel statusBar;
       public MenuHelpTextAdapter(JMenuItem menuItem, String helpText,
       JLabel statusBar)
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         this.helpText = helpText;
         this.statusBar = statusBar;
         menuItem.addChangeListener(this);
      public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent evt)
         if (menuItem.isArmed())
            statusBar.setText(helpText);
         else
            statusBar.setText(" ");
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Can't create a status bar for my window

I'm trying to add a status bar to a window I've created. I've tried to get this to work by doing this:
frame = new JFrame();
canvas = new CanvasPane();
frame.setContentPane(canvas);
frame.setTitle(title);
canvas.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(width, height));
backgroundColour = bgColour;
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contentPane.add(statusLabel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
Everything works except for the status bar. What am I doing wrong?

in the above example, the poster is taking it for granted that you class extends the JFrame class. In case not then you have do as follows:
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How to create a status bar in Forms 6i

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Y cant u have a text item, ENABLED before the that C code with DEFAULT value 'Pleae wait....' and even u could have cursor style also set to BUSY.. then after process DISABLE the text item and bring back cursor style to DEFAULT.
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is it possible to create a status bar like other application in which we can see the full path of file ane numlock on --off like that

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hi all,
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that shows a message if it is connected on the internet or not.
i already have an application that checks for internet connection
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also is this possible?
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Should a Status Bar be in the Root Pane or Content Pane?

Hello, I wonder if you can help...
Should a status bar be built into a JFrame (much like a JMenuBar, by extending JFrame and JRootPane along with its layout manager)?
I have created a status bar using the method above, but it seems to be more complex than it need be; so I am wondering whether to simply add it to a JFrames content pane.
Advantages of extending JRootPane and building the status bar as part of a frame:
1. It allows the frames content panes south region to remain unoccupied, and thus will not conflict with a JToolPanes positioning.
Advantages of adding the status bar to the content pane south region:
1. Keeps the design nice and simple, so no knowledge of the root pane need be known;
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Hi,
( I search for iChat questions when I have finished in the iChat Forum)
So the menu bar reads iChat, File, Edit, View, Buddies, Video, Window and Help
There is no Buddy List open.
There is no other window for iChat open.
In the iChat Menu you only have access to Status.
Is an item ticked in the list ?
Is this a green (Available item) or Red ( an Away one) ?
Can you access the Accounts option ? (Sitll in the iChat Menu)
Is anything in here ticked ?
In the Window menu any Logged in account should appear in the list (Between the Next Chat and File Transfer items)
It would be useful to know which version of iChat this is.
If no account is ticked (iChat Menu > Accounts) or not showing in the Window Menu, plus you cannot determine the Status and you cannot access the Preferences then you need to access your Home Folder/Library/Preferences
As the Library in the Home Holder is Invisible in Lion you will need the Finder's Go Menu > Go to Folder option (you can use it in earlier OS versions if you want)
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~/Library/Preferences
Find the file called com.apple.ichat.plist
Drag it to the Trash and Restart iChat.
This will lose all the settings in iChat that you have changed from Defaults but there is no way around this.
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Status bar & MDI Child

Hi again,
Now, I am interested in creating a status bar at the bottom of my vi and I want to put the date and time in it or other messages that my application generates. How can I do it?
and.... How can I do and a MDI child application like in visual basic?
Finally,
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ToNi.

I'll start with the easy ones -
The easy way to put a status bar in your app is probably to devote that area for one, or several, controls which will display what you want. You can decorate that area and customize the controls to have the look you want. If you want it to hover above, I think your best chance is a subVI constantly open in that area.
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i'm trying to create my first java application. my question is, is there any class that i can use to create a status bar or how do i create one if theres none?

It would be better to ask this question on one of the Java technology developer forums:
http://forum.java.sun.com/index.jsp

How to create a progress bar showing status on timeout of TCP Read function

Is there any way of creating a progress bar showing the status of a 'TCP Read timeout' time ... ?
I'm sending a data request to an intranet server via TCP Write, and then using TCP Read with a 2 min. timeout to receive the requested data. During this time i want to show the actual progress of the timeout in a progress bar.
Can this be done?
And do i have to implement some kind of multitasking to make it happen?
TIA

Soulstorm wrote:
> Is there any way of creating a progress bar showing the status of a
> 'TCP Read timeout' time ... ?
>
> I'm sending a data request to an intranet server via TCP Write, and
> then using TCP Read with a 2 min. timeout to receive the requested
> data. During this time i want to show the actual progress of the
> timeout in a progress bar.
> Can this be done?
> And do i have to implement some kind of multitasking to make it
> happen?
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seconds and calculating the
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slider. Have an extra boolean global which aborts the loop and set this
boolean to FALSE before starting the loop/VI and TCP Read and setting it
to TRUE on return of the TCP Read.
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CIT Engineering Netherlands
a division of Test & Measurement Solutions

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You have a point, if your users are filling the form in with Reader, they won't be able to save the data with the form unless the form has been "Reader Extended" (which enables this functionality in Reader for the particular form)
If you have Acrobat Pro, you can "extend" the form before you send it to the users. The following is from the Acrobat Pro help...
Enable Reader users to save form data
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the answer is in the title
I want to create a tooltips on my application icon tray, in the status bar icon.
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source MSDN:
#define ARRAYSIZE(a) (sizeof(a)/sizeof(a[0]))
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How do I enable some scripts to run in some programs/websites and what happened to the status bar of my Mozilla Firefox 4?

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