ProgressIndicator.Text Property

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Gets or sets the text of the progress indicator on the system tray on the current application page.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Phone.Shell
Assembly:  Microsoft.Phone (in Microsoft.Phone.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.

Syntax

Public Property Text As String

public string Text { get; set; }

<object Text="string" .../>

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The text of the progress indicator on the system tray.

Remarks

The system tray is also referred to as the status bar.

Examples

The following code example shows how to use the ProgressIndicator class.

using Microsoft.Phone.Shell;

namespace SystemTrayTest
{
    public partial class MainPage : PhoneApplicationPage
    {
        ProgressIndicator prog;

        public MainPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            SystemTray.SetIsVisible(this, true);
            SystemTray.SetOpacity(this, 0);

            prog = new ProgressIndicator();
            prog.IsVisible = true;
            prog.IsIndeterminate = true;
            prog.Text = "Click me...";

            SystemTray.SetProgressIndicator(this, prog);
        }
    }
}

Imports Microsoft.Phone.Shell

Partial Public Class MainPage
    Inherits PhoneApplicationPage

    Dim prog As ProgressIndicator
    
    Public Sub New()
        InitializeComponent()

        SystemTray.SetIsVisible(Me, true)
        SystemTray.SetOpacity(Me, 0)

        prog = new ProgressIndicator()
        prog.IsVisible = true
        prog.IsIndeterminate = true
        prog.Text = "Click me..."

        SystemTray.SetProgressIndicator(Me, prog)
    End Sub
End Class

Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1

Platforms

Windows Phone

See Also

Reference

ProgressIndicator Class

Microsoft.Phone.Shell Namespace

SystemTray

PhoneApplicationPage

Other Resources

Dependency Properties Overview

Attached Properties Overview