Progress Object

Here are the object's settings as they appear in the properties pane:

Object

Name

The name that is used to identify this object.

Text

The text you want to appear inside the object.

Note: Text can only be shown if UseCustomColors is enabled.

Font

The font that you want to use for the text. Click the Select Font button to open the Font dialog where you can edit all of the font settings.

Tip: You can set the default font for this object type by configuring its settings on the Objects tab in Edit > Preferences.

FontFamily

The font family that you want to use.

FontSize

The font size, in points.

FontBold

Make the text bolded.

FontItalic

Make the text appear in italics.

Orientation

Choose from:

Horizontal

Orient the progress bar horizontally. The progress meter will move from left to right.

Vertical

Orient the progress bar vertically. The progress meter will move from the bottom to the top.

Style

Choose from:

Bars

Use bars to represent the progress.

Smooth

Use a solid bar to represent the progress.

XPStyle

Whether the progress meter will be styled as a Windows XP progress meter.  Choose from:

True

The progress meter will be styled as a Windows XP progress meter.

False

The progress meter will not be styled as a Windows XP progress meter.

Colors

UseCustomColors

Whether to override the default look and feel of the Progress object. When set to true you will be able to control the colors and style of the Progress object. When set to false, the Progress object will use the default Windows style when it draws.

TextColor

The text color to use for the object.  You can click the select button to bring up a color chooser.

Tip: Clicking the "More Colors..." button on the color menu allows you to choose either a standard color/custom color, or use the eyedropper to pick a color from somewhere within the AutoPlay application window.

BackgroundColor

The background color to use for the object. You can click the select button to bring up a color chooser.

BarColor

The color to use for the progress meter bars. You can click the select button to bring up a color chooser.

Range

Minimum

The minimum value for the range of the progress meter.

Maximum

The maximum value for the range of the progress meter.

Step

The value to increment each time progress is made.

Attributes

TooltipText

A short string of text that will appear after the mouse hovers over this object for a moment.

Tip: You can choose from several tooltip styles for all tooltips in your project, Standard, Balloon and Extended. This setting can be found on the Appearance tab of the Project > Settings.

Tip: If you want a newline in your tooltip text, use "\r\n". For example, for an Extended tooltip, "My First Line\r\nMy Second Line|My Title". Newlines are not supported in the Title text for Balloon or Extended styles.

Tip: If you want a "&" character in the text, you must enter "&&&".

Enabled

Enable the object so it responds to user interaction. Choose from:

True

The object will respond to mouse overs and clicks and perform any actions assigned to its events.

False

The object will not respond to any mouse overs or clicks and will not perform any actions until it is enabled.

Note: You can use the Progress.SetEnabled action to enable this object.

Visible

Set the object's initial visibility. Choose from:

True

The object will be visible when the page or dialog is displayed.

False

The object will be invisible when the page or dialog is displayed.

Note: You can use the Progress.SetVisible action to make the object visible or invisible at run time.

Position

Left

The distance in pixels from the left edge of the object to the left edge of the page or dialog.

Tip: You can also change the position of an object by dragging it or using the arrow keys.

Top

The distance in pixels from the top edge of the object to the top edge of the page or dialog.

Width

The width of the object in pixels.

Tip: You can also resize an object by dragging one of the resize handles on its bounding box.

Height

The height of the object in pixels.

Auto-Resize

ResizeLeft

Whether the left side of the object will move when resized. Choose from:

True

The left side of the object will move when the application is resized.

False

Don't move the left side of the object when the application is resized.

ResizeRight

Whether the right side of the object will move when resized. Choose from:

True

The right side of the object will move when the application is resized.

False

Don't move the right side of the object when the application is resized.

ResizeTop

Whether the top of the object will move when resized. Choose from:

True

The top of the object will move when the application is resized.

False

Don't move the top of the object when the application is resized.

ResizeBottom

Whether the bottom of the object will move when resized. Choose from:

True

The bottom of the object will move when the application is resized.

False

Don't move the bottom of the object when the application is resized.

Actions

Quick Action

A quick action to perform when the object is clicked. Click the edit button to select a quick action.

On Click

The actions that will be performed when the user clicks on this object. Click the edit button to open the script editor.