Subscribe to the ItemClick and ItemMouseHover events of the SmartControl. 

Subscribe to the Click, MouseEnter and MouseLeave events of each SmartItem. 

Add SmartItems, other than the preferred ones, to the SmartControl. 

Display a tooltip text by setting the ToolTipText property. 

Set the OverForeColor property to change the foreground color when the mouse passes over a SmartItem. 

Set the Font property to change the font of a SmartItem. 

Increment the value of the ProgressPanel by calling the PerformStep method. 

Dynamically create a SpringPanel SmartItem. 

Add, insert and remove SmartItems from the SmartControl using the Add, AddRange, Insert and Remove methods. 

Create a SmartStatusBar SmartControl by code. 

Change the appearance of the SmartControl by setting the UIStyle and UIStyleResourceAssembly properties.