#1,029 – Simple ProgressBar Example

Here’s an example of how we could use a ProgressBar in an application to show # records processed.

    <StackPanel>
        <ProgressBar Value="{Binding NumRecsLoaded}" Maximum="{Binding TotalNumRecs}"
                     Height="15" Margin="15,15,15,0"/>
        <Label Content="{Binding RecsLoadedMessage}"
               Margin="10,0"/>
        <Button Margin="15" Padding="15,3" HorizontalAlignment="Center"
            Content="Start" Click="Button_Click"/>
    </StackPanel>

In code, we declare properties for total number of records and number already loaded. When the user clicks on the Button, we set up a timer that increments the # records loaded each time that it ticks (twice a second).  (Note–to use the DispatcherTimer, you need to use namespace System.Windows.Threading).

    public partial class MainWindow : Window, INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        private int numRecsLoaded = 0;
        public int NumRecsLoaded
        {
            get { return numRecsLoaded; }
            protected set
            {
                numRecsLoaded = value;
                RaisePropertyChanged("NumRecsLoaded");
                RaisePropertyChanged("RecsLoadedMessage");
            }
        }

        private int totalNumRecs = 12;
        public int TotalNumRecs
        {
            get { return totalNumRecs; }
            protected set
            {
                totalNumRecs = value;
                RaisePropertyChanged("TotalNumRecs");
            }
        }

        public string RecsLoadedMessage
        {
            get { return string.Format("Loaded {0} records...", numRecsLoaded);  }
        }

        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            this.DataContext = this;

        }

        // INotifyPropertyChanged
        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged = delegate { };

        private void RaisePropertyChanged(string propName)
        {
            PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propName));
        }

        private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            DispatcherTimer timer = new DispatcherTimer();
            timer.Tick += (s,ea) =>
            {
                NumRecsLoaded++;
                if (NumRecsLoaded == TotalNumRecs)
                    timer.Stop();
            };
            timer.Interval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, 0, 500);  // 2/sec
            timer.Start();
        }
    }