wating progressbar

how can i create a wating progress bar or busy progress bar where the progressbar dont now when the work will finshe in mfc c++ do i need to use the CProgressCtrl or another way

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rauland
The MSDN discussion groups should be used to ask Win32 programming questions, not this Visual C++ forum. (This forum is about the tool, not what you do with it.)

Brian
Malleswar
CreateEx(....|PBS_SMOOTH|PBS_MARQUEE, rect, this, IDC_PROGRESS1);
Rainadaman
You'd want to use a "marquee" style progress bar, it has a bars continuously moving from left to right. You probably saw it before. If you use the .NET framework, you can set the Style = Marquee property on the ProgressBar control...
chongqing

fst thanks but how can i use this style i have the manifrest i the style of XP and i am using the comctl32 version 6.0 but how can i use thos style do i need to any thing else

my code is

m_Progress.CreateEx( WS_EX_APPWINDOW|WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE|WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT,

WS_VISIBLE |WS_CHILD|PBS_SMOOTH , rect, this, IDC_PROGRESS1 );

m_Progress.SetRange( 0,100 );

m_Progress.SendMessage(PBM_SETBARCOLOR, 0, RGB(255,0,0));

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Michaelliu
Yes, Marquee style (PBS_MARQUEE progress bar style in C++) is the way to go but watch out that it is only supported on Windows XP and later (it also requires comctl32 version 6.0 so you need to have a manifest for your app).
StarsFire

If your application doesn't know when the work will be finished, it doesn't make sense to use a progress bar. The progress bar should be used for cases where you know how many tasks need to be completed -- an installer which needs to copy 300 files, or a data routine that processes 10,000 records, for example. If it's unknown how much long your process might need to finish, you're better off just putting up a modal "Please wait" window (perhaps with a "Cancel" button in case users get antsy).
Casino Game Developer
yes i tryed to use it but the compiler tel me he cant find the PBS_MARQUEE what i have to do in mfc 7
sorcer1
Put this at the top of the file where you #include the MFC/Windows header files (probably stdafx.h):
#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0501

That tells the header files that you're making a program that will only run correctly on Windows XP...
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