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 could override the OnPaint() of the progressbar. You don't actually need to rewrite the whole thing, you just have to inherit the progressbar and override OnPaint like this:

public class my_progress_bar : ProgressBar {
        public Brush brush;
        public my_progress_bar() {
            this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.UserPaint, true);
            brush = Brushes.ForestGreen;
        }
        protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
        {
            //base.OnPaint(e);
            Rectangle rectangle = e.ClipRectangle;
            rectangle.Width = (int)(rectangle.Width * ((double)Value / Maximum)) - 4;
            ProgressBarRenderer.DrawHorizontalBar(e.Graphics, e.ClipRectangle);
            rectangle.Height = Height - 4;
            e.Graphics.FillRectangle(brush, 2, 2, rectangle.Width, rectangle.Height);
        }
    }