WPF StatusBar Update Paradigm

[ClubbieTim]

I have an event that I would like to sandwich with "Loading... " and "Ready!" textblocks on my status bar. This is on a WPF application (as opposed to a web app).

This would be simply on a Windows Form, but in the world of WPF I am having an existential crisis.

Here's the jist:

XAML
[code=xml]
<!--StatusBar-->
<StatusBar Height="30" Name="MasterSta tusBar" VerticalAlignme nt="Bottom" >
<StatusBarIte m Name="StatusBar Status">
<TextBlock Name="Status">W ork</TextBlock>
</StatusBarItem>
</StatusBar>

<!--Button-->
<Button HorizontalAlign ment="Right" Margin="0,116,1 51,122" Name="button1" Width="75" Click="button1_ Click">Button</Button>
[/code]

C#
[code=cpp]
private void button1_Click(o bject sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
StatusBarItem StatusBarItem = (StatusBarItem) MasterStatusBar .FindName("Stat usBarStatus");
TextBlock txt = (TextBlock)Stat usBarItem.FindN ame("Status");

txt.Text = "Loading... ";

//Some long process
Thread.Sleep(15 00);

txt.Text = "Ready";

}
[/code]

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[blackandcold]

I know it's an old post but:

You can access your textblock defined in the XAML document by giving a name.
So you only have to set:

Status.Text = "Ready";