Using the <i class="emphasis">ProgressBar</i> Control

Using the ProgressBar Control

As discussed in the In Depth section of this chapter, progress bars display rectangles in a horizontal bar to let the user watch the progress of some operations. Here's the class hierarchy of the ProgressBar class:

Object
   MarshalByRefObject
      Component
         Control
            ProgressBar

You can find the notable public properties of ProgressBar objects in Table 10.20, and the notable public methods in Table 10.21. Note that I'm omitting the properties, methods, and events progress bars inherit from the Control class, which you can find in Tables 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 in Chapter 5.

Table 10.20: Noteworthy public properties of *ProgressBar* objects.
Property	Means
Font	Gets/sets the font of the progress bar's text.
ForeColor	Gets/sets the foreground color of the progress bar.
Maximum	Gets/sets the progress bar's maximum value.
Minimum	Gets/sets the progress bar's minimum value.
Step	Gets/sets the value by which the PerformStep method will increase a progress bar's value.
Value	Gets/sets the current value of the progress bar.

Table 10.21: Noteworthy public methods of *ProgressBar* objects.
Method	Means
Increment	Increments the position of the progress bar by a given amount.
PerformStep	Increments the value of the progress bar by the Step property.