Hi Guys,

I wanted to add a progress bar in my project. I don't remember which component I needed to add. I was looking for anything that resembles progress bar or any Active X control but I can't seem to find it. Can someone please help me add a progress bar to my project.

Thanks,
Judy

It's in mscomctl.ocx, that you can include using the Components dialog (Ctrl+T) selecting:

Microsoft Windows Common Control 6.0 (SP3)

or whatever service pack you have.

Marco

BTW I do not like that control at all. I prefer make my own using a simple PictureBox, because I can add much more flexibility.

Hi Macro,

Thanks. I was able to add it in. I am interested in what you said about creating your own using a picture box. Do you have any samples of code or any site that has this?

Thanks,
Judy

I set the BackColor and ForeColor of the PictureBox to something like White and Blue. Then I use the Scale property to set the range of the progress bar (equivalent to the Max property of the scrollbar) like:

picture.scale (0,0)-(maxVal,1)

if the progress bar is horizontal, otherwise

picture.scale (0,0)-(1,maxVal)

And then in the picture Paint event:

Picture.Line (0, 0)-(pValue, 1), , BF

(horizontal) where pValue is the current progress value.

This is the concept. Playing with the paint event, it is possible to get other fancy effects. I wrapped all the code in a nice class, so that I can add more properties as needed.

Marco

Hi Macro,

I'll play with this code. Thanks again for your help.

Judy