WaitForm Class

A small form, designed to display the progress of a lengthy operation. The form’s display is managed by the SplashScreenManager component.

Namespace : DevExpress.XtraWaitForm

Assembly : DevExpress.XtraEditors.v25.2.dll

NuGet Package : DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#
VB.NET

csharp

public class WaitForm :
    SplashFormBase

Public Class WaitForm
    Inherits SplashFormBase

Remarks

A WaitForm contains an animated image (obtained from the current skin) and two custom labels (caption and description) displayed one under the other:

To create a Wait Form, drop a SplashScreenManager component onto your form, click the component’s tag and then click the Add Wait Form link in the SplashScreenManager Tasks window that will open:

This generates a WaitForm descendant that you can modify at design time or in code.

C#
VB.NET

csharp

using DevExpress.XtraWaitForm;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication445
{
    public partial class WaitForm1 : WaitForm
    {
        public WaitForm1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            this.progressPanel1.AutoHeight = true;
            this.progressPanel1.Caption = "My caption";
            this.progressPanel1.ShowCaption = true;
            this.progressPanel1.Description = "My description";
            this.progressPanel1.ShowDescription = true;
            this.progressPanel1.ToolTip = "My tooltip";
            this.progressPanel1.ShowToolTips = true;
            this.progressPanel1.WaitAnimationType = DevExpress.Utils.Animation.WaitingAnimatorType.Ring;
            this.progressPanel1.CaptionToDescriptionDistance = 5;
        }
     }
}

Imports DevExpress.XtraWaitForm

Public Class WaitForm1
    Sub New
        InitializeComponent()
        Me.progressPanel1.AutoHeight = True
        Me.progressPanel1.AutoHeight = True
        Me.progressPanel1.Caption = "My caption"
        Me.progressPanel1.ShowCaption = True
        Me.progressPanel1.Description = "My description"
        Me.progressPanel1.ShowDescription = True
        Me.progressPanel1.ToolTip = "My tooltip"
        Me.progressPanel1.ShowToolTips = True
        Me.progressPanel1.WaitAnimationType = DevExpress.Utils.Animation.WaitingAnimatorType.Ring
        Me.progressPanel1.CaptionToDescriptionDistance = 5
    End Sub
End Class

A Wait Form needs to be manually displayed, using the methods provided by the SplashScreenManager component.

See Wait Form to learn more.

Inheritance

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Object MarshalByRefObject Component Control ScrollableControl ContainerControl Form DevExpress.XtraEditors.DForm DevExpress.Utils.Win.TopFormBase DevExpress.Utils.Win.CustomTopForm DevExpress.Utils.Win.StickLookAndFeelForm SplashFormBase WaitForm