Disable WinForms ProgressBar animation

Question

Is there a possbility to disable animation of the progress bar?

I need it for some pocess which is paused and not running at the moment. An average user would think

Answer 1

You can use the Vista progress bar's paused state, like this:

// Assuming a Form1 with 3 ProgressBar controls
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  SendMessage(progressBar2.Handle,
    0x400 + 16, //WM_USER + PBM_SETSTATE
    0x0003, //PBST_PAUSED
    0);

  SendMessage(progressBar3.Handle,
    0x400 + 16, //WM_USER + PBM_SETSTATE
    0x0002, //PBST_ERROR
    0);
}

[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
static extern uint SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd,
  uint Msg,
  uint wParam,
  uint lParam);