Animation Progressor Snippet

/// <summary>
/// Play the default animation progressor on the status bar while messages are shown.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="application">An IApplication interface.</param>
/// <param name="stopLoop">An Int32 that is the ending counter in the loop to display in the animation progressor. Example: 30000</param>
/// <remarks>The status bar gives users an indication that the appplication is processing.</remarks>
public void AnimationProgressor(ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.IApplication application, System.Int32 stopLoop)
{

    ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.IStatusBar statusBar = application.StatusBar;
    ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.IAnimationProgressor animationProgressor = statusBar.ProgressAnimation;

    animationProgressor.Show();
    animationProgressor.Play(0, -1, -1);

    System.Int32 iteration = 0;

    for (iteration = 0; iteration <= stopLoop; iteration++)
    {
        // TODO: Add your code here to do things like: read or copy files, draw point moving on the screen, etc.
        // ...

        statusBar.set_Message(0, "Counting..." + iteration.ToString());
    }

    animationProgressor.Stop();
    animationProgressor.Hide();

}

''' <summary>
''' Play the default animation progressor on the status bar while messages are shown.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="application">An IApplication interface.</param>
''' <param name="stopLoop">An Int32 that is the ending counter in the loop to display in the animation progressor. Example: 30000</param>
''' <remarks>The status bar gives users an indication that the appplication is processing.</remarks>
Public Sub AnimationProgressor(ByVal application As ESRI.ArcGIS.Framework.IApplication, ByVal stopLoop As System.Int32)

  Dim statusBar As ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.IStatusBar = application.StatusBar
  Dim animationProgressor As ESRI.ArcGIS.esriSystem.IAnimationProgressor = statusBar.ProgressAnimation

  animationProgressor.Show()
  animationProgressor.Play()

  Dim iteration As System.Int32 = 0

  For iteration = 0 To stopLoop
    ' TODO: Add your code here to do things like: read or copy files, draw point moving on the screen, etc.
    ' ...

    statusBar.Message(0) = "Counting..." + iteration.ToString
  Next

  animationProgressor.Stop()
  animationProgressor.Hide()

End Sub