ProgressBar on a StatusBar Control

[dablan]

I need to make a Progress Bar on a StatusBarPanel Object to change it from any form on my project. Any Help?

[dablan]

I did it calling the DrawItem event of the StatusBar after setting the style of the StatusBarPanel to owner-draw. On the event I create a rectangle object to draw the progressbar. To set the width of the progress bar and refresh the StatusBarPanel I load the text property of the StatusBarPanel with the new width and take it from there to asign it to the rectangle.

I dont think this is the best way to do it and I have spend so many time on doing this. Please I need some help here...

[briancps]

I did a search on the forum and found your post as this is exactly what I am trying to do.
Balena's MS book says "Panels can have an owner-draw style, so you can define their appearance in the DrawItem event. For example, you might use this feature to display an animated icon or a progress Bar inside the Sataus Bar Control" - but dosn't tell us how to do it.

Have you progressed further with your code ( I know its an old post) or does any body know how to do this.

Can you show how you have achieved this so far - I don't care if you feel its messy - I'd just like make it work

Thanks Brian

[Edneeis]

I took different version I found on the web and adding my own thing to them and here is what I got. If I kept original code from another source then I kept a link to it in the code comments so you can see the source. This seems to be exactly what that event was meant for.

[briancps]

Hi Edneeis
thanks for the reply. However I am still a little lost as to how to use it - do you have some sample code of how to use this class to actually display a percentage type progress bar
regards
BH

[Edneeis]

That solution has an example of how to use it, sorry I didn't stick comments in that one.

Basically you can use it two ways you can either replace a normal panel in the statusbar with a progresspanel or just add a progresspanel directly to the status bar. The only different is what you pass into the contructor. Either pass a statusbarpanel object that you want to replace or a statusbar on which to add the new panel.

Here is some code to replace an existing panel:

Dim pnl As ProgressPanel
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        'use the constructor below to replace an existing panel
        pnl = New ProgressPanel(StatusBarPanel1)
        'set the autotext to show the percent of progress
        pnl.TextStyle = ProgressPanel.ProgressTextStyle.Percent
        pnl.TextAlignment = ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter
        'set the max value
        pnl.Maximum = 10
        pnl.Value = 5
        'set the tooltip the same as the text
        pnl.ToolTipText = pnl.GetText(ProgressPanel.ProgressTextStyle.Percent)
        'set the bar color, use the same color for a solid color otherwise it is gradient
        pnl.BarColor1 = Color.Red
        pnl.BarColor2 = Color.Green
        pnl.ForeColor = Color.White
    End Sub

[briancps]

thanks for your reply. The code was in your attachement after all and I can see how it works - it'sust what I need - thank you

regards

BH

[ELail479]

This class is great!!! Thanks, Edneeis!!!

[ELail479]

This class is great!!! Thanks, Edneeis!!!