For some operations such as logging on to a web site or downloading a web page, you may not know how long it will take the operation to finish.  So instead of showing a progress bar with a specified percent complete, you can set the .NET ProgressBar to cycle continuously.

ProgressBarMarquee



To make a ProgressBar cycle continuously, set the MarqueeAnimationSpeed property to a positive value (by default, it is set to 0).  The value specifies the time period, in milliseconds, that it takes the progress block to scroll across the progress bar.  A higher value results in a slower speed, and a lower value results in a faster speed.  I’ve found that a value of 30 works pretty well:

this.ProgressBar_Download.MarqueeAnimationSpeed = 30;

To stop the cycle, set the MarqueeAnimationSpeed property to 0.  To resume the cycle, set it to a positive value.