Can a ProgressBar be used for a timer?

[PharCyDeD]

I want to use a progress bar that ticks down from 100 by -1 a second. I have this code:

Globals:

Dim pbTimeLeft As ProgressBar

Activity_Create:

pbTimeLeft.Initialize(pbTimeLeft)
   pbTimeLeft.Progress = 100

Timer:

Sub Timer1_Tick
      
   countDown = countDown - 1
   lblCountDown.Text = countDown
   
   pbTimeLeft.Progress = pbTimeLeft.Progress - 1
   
   If countDown=0 Then
      Timer1.Enabled= False
   End If 
   
End Sub

It is not working though? It is purely for visual purposes as the real count is kept by the countDown variable, but I still would like to use it.

 

[Ricky D]

I haven't tried this but maybe put a DoEvents in the timer event?

regards, Ricky

 

[PharCyDeD]

I am not sure what I am doing wrong I did add DoEvents to the timer, but that didn't work either. Am I creating the progressbar correctly? Because no matter what I set .progress to it does not reflect the progress in the app.

 

[NJDude]

Take a look at the attached sample, is that what you're looking for?.

 

[PharCyDeD]

Yes that is exactly what I am looking for, but I don't understand why it won't work within my project. I will do some digging on this to see what I can find.

 

[PharCyDeD]

Well apparently you can't use ProgressBar1.Initialize in the activity create area when trying to do this. Not sure why, but when I removed that it worked fine. Thanks!