Disabling .NET progressbar animation when changing value?

Question

I realize there are other questions on SO regarding animations and progressbars, but they seem to revolve around getting rid of the animation drawn on top of the progress ba

Answer 1

Here is my extension method, based on David Heffernan's recommendation:

Wrap it up, hide it from view, and pretend it's not there!

public static class ExtensionMethods
{
    /// 

    /// Sets the progress bar value, without using Windows Aero animation
    /// 
    public static void SetProgressNoAnimation(this ProgressBar pb, int value)
    {
        // Don't redraw if nothing is changing.
        if (value == pb.Value)
            return;

        // To get around this animation, we need to move the progress bar backwards.
        if (value == pb.Maximum) {
            // Special case (can't set value > Maximum).
            pb.Value = value;           // Set the value
            pb.Value = value - 1;       // Move it backwards
        }
        else {
            pb.Value = value + 1;       // Move past
        }
        pb.Value = value;               // Move to correct value
    }
}