Progressbar without animation

General
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Hi. Is it possible to not have the progressbar animate? Not meaning how it goes from 0 to value, I like that, but on Windows, there is a light strip that constantly moves from left to right, and this is what I want to stop if possible. Not sure yet what it does on Mac but assuming it’s something similar

Or maybe you have a better suggestion for my needs. I’m wanting to use a progressbar-like visual effect that shows the user’s progress as they complete tasks in the app

Ideas?

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Simplest - is roll your own.

Add a canvas.
In the Paint event, draw a filled rectangle

g.fillrect 0,0,g.width * whateverpercent/100, g.height

When your whateverpercent value changes, call canvas.invalidate

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Thanks Jeff. I was just thinking if maybe using a canvas would be an ideal situation. I’m going to give it a try now and see how it goes. Thanks for the reply!

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Yes that’ll work just fine thanks!

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The only disadvantage about rolling your own, is it may look odd sitting with other standard OS controls. But most people won’t care.