ProgressBarAdv

The ProgressBarAdv control is an extension of the standard progress bar which helps display task completion status using background, border and foreground styles.

The ProgressBarAdv includes the following Progress Styles: Constant, Gradient, MultipleGradient, Tube, Image, System and WaitingGradient.

When Foreground style is gradient, GradientStartColor determines start color of the foreground and GradientEndColor determines end color of the foreground.

The default value of multiple gradients is an empty color array. You can add colors to multiple gradients by modifying the MultipleColorsproperty.

When progress style is Image, ForegroundImage specifies the image to draw on the foreground and the StretchImage property decides whether an image is stretched.

This makes the ProgressBarAdv look like the progress bar displayed during Windows XP boot.

Set ForeSegments to False and draw ProgressBarAdv without segments.

Orientation of the text can be either horizontal or vertical. This can be achieved by setting the TextOrientation and ProgressOrientation properties to 'Horizontal' or 'Vertical'. This determines the Orientation of the control.

When the TextStyle property is set to 'Custom', it allows setting of ProgressBarAdv text when the value changes. You can change the ProgressBarAdv text's font color with the help of FontColor property. The TextShadow property can be used to give a shadow effect for displayed text.