StatusBar.Animate Method

Displays an animated picture in the StatusBar.

Namespace:  EnvDTE
Assembly:  EnvDTE (in EnvDTE.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub Animate ( _
    On As Boolean, _
    AnimationType As Object _
)
void Animate(
    bool On,
    Object AnimationType
)
void Animate(
    bool On, 
    Object^ AnimationType
)
abstract Animate : 
        On:bool * 
        AnimationType:Object -> unit 
function Animate(
    On : boolean, 
    AnimationType : Object
)

Parameters

  • On
    Type: System.Boolean
    Required. Indicates whether to turn the animation on (True) or off (False).
  • AnimationType
    Type: System.Object
    Required. A vsStatusAnimation constant indicating an animated icon to display.
    Alternatively, AnimationType can also take an IPicture or IPictureDisp which is a bitmap 16 pixels high and a multiple of 16 pixels wide. To turn off the custom animation, you must pass the same exact IPicture or IPictureDisp.

Examples

Sub AnimateExample()
   Dim SBar As StatusBar
   SBar = DTE.StatusBar
   ' Turn on the "save" Status Bar animation.
   SBar.Animate(True, vsstatusanimation.vsStatusAnimationSave)
   MsgBox("Notice the Status Bar animation.")
   ' Turn off the animation.
   SBar.Animate(False, vsstatusanimation.vsStatusAnimationSave)
End Sub

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

StatusBar Interface

EnvDTE Namespace