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Appearance Property (UltraProgressBar)

Default appearance for the control.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Property Appearance As AppearanceBase
public AppearanceBase Appearance {get; set;}
Remarks

The Appearance property is used to determine appearance of the non-filled area of the ProgressBar.

Example

The following sample code initializes various properties on an UltraWinProgress control.



Imports Infragistics.Win
Imports Infragistics.Win.UltraWinProgressBar

Private Sub InitializeProgessBar()

    With Me.ultraProgressBar1

        ' Note: Under Windows XP if the 'SupportThemes' property
        ' is left set to True (its default setting) then some of
        ' the explicit appearance and border style property
        ' settings are ignored.
        .SupportThemes = False

        ' Set the appearance of the status bar control
        ' to use a gradient.
        .Appearance.BackColor = Color.Gray
        .Appearance.BackColor2 = Color.White
        .Appearance.BackGradientStyle = GradientStyle.HorizontalBump
        .Appearance.ForeColor = Color.Red

        ' Set the appearance for the 'fill' area of the
        ' status bar control to use a different gradient.
        .FillAppearance.BackColor = Color.Blue
        .FillAppearance.BackColor2 = Color.White
        .FillAppearance.BackGradientStyle = GradientStyle.HorizontalBump
        .FillAppearance.ForeColor = Color.Red

        ' Set the border style for the control
        .BorderStyle = UIElementBorderStyle.Etched

        ' Set the minimum, maximum, and value properties.
        ' For the case below where the minimum value is 45,
        ' the maximum is 85 and the value is 55, the status
        ' bar would display 25%. This is because the entire
        ' range is 40 (85 - 45) and the relative value is 10
        ' (55 - 45).
        .Minimum = 45
        .Maximum = 85
        .Value = 55

        ' Set the amount to increment the value when
        ' the 'PerformStep' method is called.
        .Step = 5

        ' Set the orientation of the control.
        .Orientation = Orientation.Vertical

        ' Set a percent format. The default format is
        ' "P0" which shows only the percent integer
        ' value. The "P1" setting below will format
        ' the percentage with place after the decimal
        ' point (e.g.. "34.5%").
        .PercentFormat = "P1"

        ' Set the 'text' property to a string that
        ' contains some substitution strings. The
        ' code below will cause the progress bar's
        ' to display its value like the following:
        ' "Done: 34.4, remaining"
        Dim sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder()

        ' Note: There are 10 different substitution string
        ' constants defined on UltraProgressBar. They are
        ' prefixed with 'LABEL_'.
        '
        ' The LABEL_FORMATTED substitution string
        ' will cause the formatted percent completed
        ' value to be substitued here.
        sb.Append("Done: ")
        sb.Append(UltraProgressBar.LABEL_FORMATTED)

        ' The LABEL_FORMATTED_REMAINING substitution 
        ' string will cause the formatted percent 
        ' remaining value to be substitued here.
        sb.Append(", remaining: ")
        sb.Append(UltraProgressBar.LABEL_FORMATTED_REMAINING)

        ' Set the 'Text' property of the control.
        ' Note: this corresponds to the 'Label' property
        ' on the IProgressBarInfo interface.
        .Text = sb.ToString()

        ' Set the style of the progress bar to show a
        ' segmented fill.  
        .Style = ProgressBarStyle.SegmentedPartial

        ' Set the width of each segement. If the default 
        ' value of -1 is kept the control will calculate
        ' a reasonable default segment width based on
        ' the progress bar control's width and height.
        .SegmentWidth = 6

        ' Set the TextVisible property. The default
        ' value is true so the line below isn't
        ' required.
        ' Note: this corresponds to the 'ShowLabel' 
        ' property on the IProgressBarInfo interface.
        .TextVisible = True

    End With

End Sub
using Infragistics.Win;
using Infragistics.Win.UltraWinProgressBar;

private void InitializeProgressBar()
{

	UltraProgressBar pbar = this.ultraProgressBar1;

	// Note: Under Windows XP if the 'SupportThemes' property
	// is left set to True (its default setting) then some of
	// the explicit appearance and border style property
	// settings are ignored.
	pbar.SupportThemes = false;

	// Set the appearance of the status bar control
	// to use a gradient.
	pbar.Appearance.BackColor = Color.Gray;
	pbar.Appearance.BackColor2 = Color.White;
	pbar.Appearance.BackGradientStyle = GradientStyle.HorizontalBump;
	pbar.Appearance.ForeColor = Color.Red;

	// Set the appearance for the 'fill' area of the
	// status bar control to use a different gradient.
	pbar.FillAppearance.BackColor = Color.Blue;
	pbar.FillAppearance.BackColor2 = Color.White;
	pbar.FillAppearance.BackGradientStyle = GradientStyle.HorizontalBump;
	pbar.FillAppearance.ForeColor = Color.Red;
	
	// Set the border style for the control
	pbar.BorderStyle = UIElementBorderStyle.Etched;

	// Set the minimum, maximum, and value properties.
	// For the case below where the minimum value is 45,
	// the maximum is 85 and the value is 55, the status
	// bar would display 25%. This is because the entire
	// range is 40 (85 - 45) and the relative value is 10
	// (55 - 45).
	pbar.Minimum = 45;
	pbar.Maximum = 85;
	pbar.Value = 55;

	// Set the amount to increment the value when
	// the 'PerformStep' method is called.
	pbar.Step = 5;

	// Set the orientation of the control.
	pbar.Orientation = Orientation.Vertical;
	
	// Set a percent format. The default format is
	// "P0" which shows only the percent integer
	// value. The "P1" setting below will format
	// the percentage with place after the decimal
	// point (e.g.. "34.5%").
	pbar.PercentFormat = "P1";

	// Set the 'text' property to a string that
	// contains some substitution strings. The
	// code below will cause the progress bar's
	// to display its value like the following:
	// "Done: 34.4, remaining"
	System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
	
	// Note: There are 10 different substitution string
	// constants defined on UltraProgressBar. They are
	// prefixed with 'LABEL_'.
	//
	// The LABEL_FORMATTED substitution string
	// will cause the formatted percent completed
	// value to be substitued here.
	sb.Append( "Done: ");
	sb.Append( UltraProgressBar.LABEL_FORMATTED );
	
	// The LABEL_FORMATTED_REMAINING substitution 
	// string will cause the formatted percent 
	// remaining value to be substitued here.
	sb.Append( ", remaining: ");
	sb.Append( UltraProgressBar.LABEL_FORMATTED_REMAINING );

	// Set the 'Text' property of the control.
	// Note: this corresponds to the 'Label' property
	// on the IProgressBarInfo interface.
	pbar.Text = sb.ToString();
	
	// Set the style of the progress bar to show a
	// segmented fill.  
	pbar.Style = ProgressBarStyle.SegmentedPartial;

	// Set the width of each segement. If the default 
	// value of -1 is kept the control will calculate
	// a reasonable default segment width based on
	// the progress bar control's width and height.
	pbar.SegmentWidth = 6;

	// Set the TextVisible property. The default
	// value is true so the line below isn't
	// required.
	// Note: this corresponds to the 'ShowLabel' 
	// property on the IProgressBarInfo interface.
	pbar.TextVisible = true;

}
Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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