Progress Bar is used to give visualization about the status of the current process and computer operation, such as a downloading , transferring of files, installation and more. Your application will look more professional if you are implementing a complex data processing using the Progress Bar.
This time, we will create an example of a Progress Bar using Visual Basic. First, open visual basic and create a new project then, save it as “ProgressBar”. Then from the toolbox add a progressbar,label, button and a timer.
Next, we’re going to add functionality to our application. First, you need to set the progress bar's minimum value to 0 and the maximum value to 100. And double click the timer1, and add the following code:

1. 'test if the value of progress bar is greater than or equal to 100
   
2. If
   
   ProgressBar1.
   
   Value
   
   >=
   
   100
   
   Then
   
3. 'set the value to minimum value which is equal to zero
   
4. ProgressBar1.
   
   Value
   
   =
   
   0
   
5. Else
   
6. 'increment the value of progress bar by 1
   
7. ProgressBar1.
   
   Value
   
   =
   
   ProgressBar1.
   
   Value
   
   +
   
   1
   
8. 'display the current percent of the progress.
   
9. Label1.
   
   Text
   
   =
   
   ProgressBar1.
   
   Value
   
   &
   
   "% Completing..."
   
10. End
    
    If
    

To activate the timer, double click the button. And add the following code:

1. Timer1.
   
   Start
   
   (
   
   )
   

Then press “F5” to run your application.

Here’s the example output after completing the course.


Book traversal links for Progress Bar

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