[DUG] Progress bar XP/Vista with gradient

[Jeremy Coulter]

I had never heard of this magazine, so just googled it. Does anyone else,
apart from Jeremy North, subscribe to it?
It looks like it might be worth it, although, might have to wait until the
Euro is more favourable to the NZ$  :-)

Jeremy C

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Jeremy Coulter <jscoulter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sounds like a good article J.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Jeremy North <jeremy.north at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> The reason the progress bar is blue blocks on XP is because you don't
>> have themes enabled.
>>
>> I need to think of a topic to write for the next Blaise magazine,
>> perhaps I can do one of creating your own progress bar.
>>
>> The GraphUtil unit includes a method for drawing a gradient to a canvas.
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:19 PM, John Bird <johnkbird at paradise.net.nz>
>> wrote:
>> > I am looking for something a bit nicer than the standard Delphi
>> > TProgressBar.   I have noted on Vista it does instead render as a Vista
>> type
>> > bar, complete with the light swishing along it, which is nice, but on XP
>> it
>> > is still the plain blue blocks one.
>> >
>> > My main need is to have two or more progress bars of different colour
>> next
>> > to each other.  Additionally it would be nice for them to be continuous
>> (not
>> > blocks) and using some gradient effect like in Vista (colour most in the
>> > centre of the bar fading to the edges - which I guess could be done
>> easily
>> > enough by two gradient filled shapes each).
>> >
>> > Anyone know of some good simple (free preferred) downloadable
>> component?.
>> >
>> > Alternatively I am happy to to make my own by filling a shape with a
>> > gradient colour....but in D2007 I couldn't find any help on this.
>>  Knowing
>> > the D2007 help this doesn't mean it can't be done - it might just not be
>> > documented.  Anyone have some suggestions?
>> >
>> > John
>> >
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