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

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

StatusBar Interface

EnvDTE Namespace