progress bar in status bar ..

[atk8877]

i am asking about using the progress bar into the status bar to move when i load any child form inside the MDIParent form . so anyone can help or have a code 4 it ..
thanks

[stlaural]

I've been looking for that a couple years ago, I was Using VS 2005 then but it still work fine. Have a look at the following Class :

'This class merges the properties of a progress bar within a status bar
 
Public Class ProgressStatus : Inherits StatusBar
  Public progressBar As New progressBar
  Private _progressBar As Integer = -1
 
  Sub New()
    progressBar.Hide()
 
    Me.Controls.Add(progressBar)
  End Sub
 
  Public Property setProgressBar() As Integer
    Get
      Return _progressBar
    End Get
    Set(ByVal Value As Integer)
      _progressBar = Value
      Me.Panels(_progressBar).Style = StatusBarPanelStyle.OwnerDraw
    End Set
  End Property
 
  Private Sub Reposition(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal sbdevent As System.Windows.Forms.StatusBarDrawItemEventArgs) Handles MyBase.DrawItem
    progressBar.Location = New Point(sbdevent.Bounds.X, sbdevent.Bounds.Y)
    progressBar.Size = New Size(sbdevent.Bounds.Width, sbdevent.Bounds.Height)
    progressBar.Show()
  End Sub
End Class

All you have to do to be able to use it on a form is to declare it globaly Public or Private based on your needs on the form :

Public StatusBar As New ProgressStatus

[sparrow1]

Hi,

Here's another way of doing it.

[chris128]

I dont get it, why do all that code when you can just drag a StatusStrip control onto your form, then click it (in the designer) and select Progress Bar to add a ToolStripProgressBar control to it. Takes about 10 seconds.

I dont think the OP was asking how to add a progress bar, I think he was more interested in how to make it move when loading an MDI child form... which is pretty simple if you just want it to continuously move - just set the Style property of the progress bar to Marquee right before you load the new MDI child form and then (assuming all the heavy loading is done on a background thread) when the loading is finished and the form is shown you set the Style property back to Blocks.