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 <johnkb...@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 > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe > _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: unsubscribe
