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WinProgressBar Smart Tag

In Visual Studio 2005 (.NET Framework 2.0), each Ultimate UI for Windows Forms control/component is equipped with a Smart Tag. By simply selecting the control/component, a Smart Tag anchor appears. When you click this anchor, a pop-up panel appears, providing you with quick and easy access to the most common properties and settings of the control/component.

The WinProgressBar™ Smart Tag contains the name of the control, as well as the following section:

  • Appearance — Provides common tasks involving the appearance, look, and feel of the control.

See below for a description of the item (e.g., field, drop-down list, checkbox) in each section, as well as the item’s corresponding property in the properties grid.

ultraprogressbar's smart tag
Appearance Description Corresponding Property

Support Themes

Select this check box to support basic Microsoft OS themes; for example, Windows Classic theme versus Windows XP theme.

Orientation

Select either horizontal or vertical from the drop-down box to display the text on the progress bar horizontally or vertically.

Style

You can change the style of the WinProgressBar to Continuous, Segmented, or SegmentedPartial. Note that this setting is ignored if the "Support Themes" checkbox is selected.