Added a indication of when a ping is occuring in Pinger program

2 files changed, 45 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/Pinger/Pinger/Form1.Designer.cs b/Pinger/Pinger/Form1.Designer.cs
index 1d8c034..6ac811d 100644
--- a/Pinger/Pinger/Form1.Designer.cs
+++ b/Pinger/Pinger/Form1.Designer.cs
@@ -23,22 +23,23 @@
         /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
         /// </summary>
         private void InitializeComponent() {
-            this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
-            this.label2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
             this.lblPing = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
+            this.label2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
+            this.lblPingStatus = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
             this.lblErrorMessage = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
             this.cbPingAddress = new System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox();
+            this.lblNotifyPingEvent = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
             this.SuspendLayout();
             // 
-            // label1
+            // lblPing
             // 
-            this.label1.AutoSize = true;
-            this.label1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 12F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
-            this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(31, 57);
-            this.label1.Name = "label1";
-            this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(44, 20);
-            this.label1.TabIndex = 0;
-            this.label1.Text = "Ping:";
+            this.lblPing.AutoSize = true;
+            this.lblPing.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 12F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
+            this.lblPing.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(31, 57);
+            this.lblPing.Name = "lblPing";
+            this.lblPing.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(44, 20);
+            this.lblPing.TabIndex = 0;
+            this.lblPing.Text = "Ping:";
             // 
             // label2
             // 
@@ -49,16 +50,16 @@
             this.label2.TabIndex = 2;
             this.label2.Text = "Address to ping:";
             // 
-            // lblPing
+            // lblPingStatus
             // 
-            this.lblPing.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
-            this.lblPing.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 15.75F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
-            this.lblPing.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(135, 45);
-            this.lblPing.Name = "lblPing";
-            this.lblPing.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(125, 40);
-            this.lblPing.TabIndex = 3;
-            this.lblPing.Text = "-1";
-            this.lblPing.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter;
+            this.lblPingStatus.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;
+            this.lblPingStatus.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 15.75F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
+            this.lblPingStatus.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(135, 45);
+            this.lblPingStatus.Name = "lblPingStatus";
+            this.lblPingStatus.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(125, 40);
+            this.lblPingStatus.TabIndex = 3;
+            this.lblPingStatus.Text = "-1";
+            this.lblPingStatus.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter;
             // 
             // lblErrorMessage
             // 
@@ -85,6 +86,14 @@
             this.cbPingAddress.TabIndex = 5;
             this.cbPingAddress.Text = "8.8.8.8";
             // 
+            // lblNotifyPingEvent
+            // 
+            this.lblNotifyPingEvent.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
+            this.lblNotifyPingEvent.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(134, 44);
+            this.lblNotifyPingEvent.Name = "lblNotifyPingEvent";
+            this.lblNotifyPingEvent.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(127, 42);
+            this.lblNotifyPingEvent.TabIndex = 6;
+            // 
             // myNetForm
             // 
             this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
@@ -92,9 +101,10 @@
             this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(289, 144);
             this.Controls.Add(this.cbPingAddress);
             this.Controls.Add(this.lblErrorMessage);
-            this.Controls.Add(this.lblPing);
+            this.Controls.Add(this.lblPingStatus);
             this.Controls.Add(this.label2);
-            this.Controls.Add(this.label1);
+            this.Controls.Add(this.lblPing);
+            this.Controls.Add(this.lblNotifyPingEvent);
             this.FormBorderStyle = System.Windows.Forms.FormBorderStyle.FixedToolWindow;
             this.Name = "myNetForm";
             this.Text = "Pinger";
@@ -106,11 +116,12 @@
 
         #endregion
 
-        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
-        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label2;
         private System.Windows.Forms.Label lblPing;
+        private System.Windows.Forms.Label label2;
+        private System.Windows.Forms.Label lblPingStatus;
         private System.Windows.Forms.Label lblErrorMessage;
         private System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox cbPingAddress;
+        private System.Windows.Forms.Label lblNotifyPingEvent;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Pinger/Pinger/Form1.cs b/Pinger/Pinger/Form1.cs
index 007bab2..5b4e89b 100644
--- a/Pinger/Pinger/Form1.cs
+++ b/Pinger/Pinger/Form1.cs
@@ -25,26 +25,29 @@ namespace Pinger {
             PingReply pr;
 
             while(true) {
+                lblNotifyPingEvent.Visible = true;
                 try {
                     pr = p.Send(cbPingAddress.Text);
                     lblErrorMessage.Text = "";
 
                     if (pr.Status == IPStatus.Success) {
-                        lblPing.Text = pr.RoundtripTime + "";
+                        lblPingStatus.Text = pr.RoundtripTime + "";
 
-                        if (pr.RoundtripTime > 300) lblPing.BackColor = Color.Red;
-                        else if (pr.RoundtripTime > 100) lblPing.BackColor = Color.Orange;
-                        else if (pr.RoundtripTime > 10) lblPing.BackColor = Color.Yellow;
-                        else lblPing.BackColor = Color.LightGreen;
+                        if (pr.RoundtripTime > 300) lblPingStatus.BackColor = Color.Red;
+                        else if (pr.RoundtripTime > 100) lblPingStatus.BackColor = Color.Orange;
+                        else if (pr.RoundtripTime > 10) lblPingStatus.BackColor = Color.Yellow;
+                        else lblPingStatus.BackColor = Color.LightGreen;
                     }
                     else throw new Exception(pr.Status.ToString());
                 } catch (Exception ex) {
                     lblErrorMessage.Text = ex.Message;
 
-                    lblPing.BackColor = Color.Red;
-                    lblPing.Text = "-1";
+                    lblPingStatus.BackColor = Color.Red;
+                    lblPingStatus.Text = "-1";
                 }
-                Thread.Sleep(1000);
+                Thread.Sleep(200);
+                lblNotifyPingEvent.Visible = false;
+                Thread.Sleep(800);
             }
         }