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Hi All,

I would to know if anyone can direct me to where I may download a gui control that is similar to the progress bar, however I want one that is the spinning circle.

The reason I want a "spinning circle" is that I want to provide feedback to users that my front end is searching for a record from a DB. I figured the progress bar control to be inappropriate here as there is no way to indicate a change in progress...

Thanks for your help!

Posted 25-Nov-13 12:51pm

TheMaddCoder

Updated 25-Nov-13 13:52pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Nov-13 19:52pm

Usually, the real reason for spinning circle is that you cannot do an estimate of wait time or number of steps...
All right, now, http://www.whathaveyoutried.com so far? You could either search for some component or just write it. What's the problem?
Anyway, you would need to specify (tag) what UI library/framework or application type do you want to use.
—SA

CHill60 25-Nov-13 21:04pm

A progress bar actually does indicate a change in progress ... the clue is in the name. A spinning control does NOT indicate a change in progress - see SA's comment above. It *would* be appropriate for DB searches that you cannot "interrupt" to show progress. How about changing the cursor to an hourglass or similar gif?

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F. Xaver · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-25T20:20:00

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I use this here

How to write a loading circle animation in .NET?[^]

Posted 25-Nov-13 20:20pm

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SubhamSoni123 · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-25T18:46:00

A lot of frameworks or rather 3rd party Software are available , one among them being Dev Express for .NET based programming(ASP.NET,VB.NET,C#.NET,..). You need to integrate with you IDE (Visual Studio basically) and drag and drop the tools, and one of the tools provided is Loading panel.Dev Express has functionality to adjust the GUI according to your need.

Here is a link:
http://demos.devexpress.com/ASPxDockAndPopupsDemos/LoadingPanel/Example.aspx[^]

You can program then accordingly to your need