Macintosh-like Progress Control

This article was contributed by Paul M. Meidinger.

Environment: Windows NT4 SP4, Visual C++ 6

This class is my attempt at recreating the progress control of the Macintosh. This control (CMacProgressCtrl) allows you to change its colors as well as set an "indeterminate state" (similar to the "barber pole" look of progress controls on the Mac). This state can be used to indicate to the user that the length of time to finish the current operation is unknown.

Public Member Functions

void SetColor(COLORREF crColor)
COLORREF GetColor()
void SetIndeterminate(BOOL bIndeterminate = TRUE)
BOOL GetIndeterminate()

Steps to add a CMacProgressCtrl to a dialog

Downloads

History

Comments:

• FIXED: Color problems in release - Sengoku (2000/02/18)
• Color problem in Release-Builds - Harald Dietewich (2000/01/14)
• Good job, but a little problem of the performance - Masaaki Onishi (2000/01/13)
• Use of MacProgressCtrl with VC5 - Christian Schoenweger (2000/01/13)

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