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Date and Time in StatusBar

using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Windows.Forms;     class DateAndTimeStatus: Form {      StatusBarPanel sbpMenu, sbpDate, sbpTime;          public static void Main()      {           Application.Run(new DateAndTimeStatus());      }      public DateAndTimeStatus()      {           StatusBar sb = new StatusBar();           sb.Parent = this;           sb.ShowPanels = true;               sbpMenu = new StatusBarPanel();           sbpMenu.Text = "Reserved for menu help";           sbpMenu.BorderStyle = StatusBarPanelBorderStyle.None;           sbpMenu.AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Spring;               sbpDate = new StatusBarPanel();           sbpDate.AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Contents;           sbpDate.ToolTipText = "The current date";               sbpTime = new StatusBarPanel();           sbpTime.AutoSize = StatusBarPanelAutoSize.Contents;           sbpTime.ToolTipText = "The current time";               sb.Panels.AddRange(new StatusBarPanel[]                                          { sbpMenu, sbpDate, sbpTime });               Timer timer = new Timer();           timer.Tick += new EventHandler(TimerOnTick);           timer.Interval = 1000;           timer.Start();      }      void TimerOnTick(object obj, EventArgs ea)      {           DateTime dt = DateTime.Now;               sbpDate.Text = dt.ToShortDateString();           sbpTime.Text = dt.ToShortTimeString();      } }