Creating a simple application with Linear ProgressBar

21 Oct 20224 minutes to read

You can create a WPF application with the SfLinearProgressBar control using the following steps:

Assembly deployment

Refer to the control dependencies section to get the list of assemblies or NuGet package that needs to be added as a reference to use the control in any application.

You can find more details about installing the NuGet package in a WPF application in the following link: How to install nuget packages

Adding control through designer

The SfLinearProgressBar control can be added to a WPF application by dragging it from the toolbox to a designer view. The following assembly reference will be added automatically:

  • Syncfusion.SfProgressBar.WPF

wpf SfLinearProgressBar control added through designer

Adding control manually in XAML

To add control manually in XAML, follow the given steps:

  1. Add the following required assembly reference to the project:
    • Syncfusion.SfProgressBar.WPF
  2. Import Syncfusion WPF schema http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf in the XAML page.

  3. Declare the SfLinearProgressBar control in the XAML page.

    <Window
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApp4"
        xmlns:Syncfusion="http://schemas.syncfusion.com/wpf" x:Class="WpfApp4.MainWindow"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800">
     <Grid x:Name="grid">
         <TextBlock Text="Linear"/>
        <Syncfusion:SfLinearProgressBar Progress="70" "/>       
     </Grid>
</Window>

Adding control through code behind

To add control manually through code behind, follow the given steps:

  1. Add the following required assembly reference to the project:
    • Syncfusion.SfProgressBar.WPF
  2. Import the Linear ProgressBar namespace
    using Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.ProgressBar;
  3. Create an Linear Progressbar instance, and add it to the window.

WPF Linear ProgressBar control added through code

using Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.ProgressBar;
   namespace SfProgressBar
   {
       /// <summary>
       /// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
       /// </summary>
       public partial class MainWindow : Window
       {                  
           public MainWindow()
           {
               InitializeComponent();
               SfLinearProgressBar linear = new SfLinearProgressBar();          
               linear.Progress = 70;
               grid.Children.Add(linear);
           }      
       }
   }

Theme

SfLinearProgressBar supports various built-in themes. Refer to the below links to apply themes for the SfLinearProgressBar,

Setting theme to WPF Linear ProgressBar