defining all the if's when first loading a form

[Nucleus]

So, I'm creating a form with a label, a picture box and two buttons. This form will control the Spooler service.
The label will say "Running" when the service is running and the picture box will be green. The "Start" button will be disabled and the "Stop" button will be enabled. The label will say "Stopped" when the service is stopped, the picture box will be red, the "Start" button will be enabled and the "Stop" button disabled.

My code below generates errors though.

If Spooler.Status.Equals(ServiceControllerStatus.Running) Then Label1.Text = "Running" And PictureBox1.BackColor = Color.Green And Button1.Enabled = False And Button2.Enabled = True
If Spooler.Status.Equals(ServiceControllerStatus.Stopped) Then Label1.Text = "Stopped" And PictureBox1.BackColor = Color.Red And Button1.Enabled = True And Button2.Enabled = False


I guess this would be a good time to say that I'm just trying things for the first time with VB.NET.

Any suggestions on how to set all the "if's" when the form is first loaded?

 

[JohnH]

You can't use And operator to separate those different statements, it would be interpreted as And logical operator.
You can use the ":" statement separator, but you should really put these statements on each their own line within a IF-END IF code block.
If...Then...Else Statement (Visual Basic)
How to: Break and Combine Statements in Code (Visual Basic)

 

[Nucleus]

Thank you for the reply. It was very helpful.