Showing 3 moving dots at the end of a line (For example like: Copying files...) (WinForms/C#)

Question

Hi,
I need to show 3 moving dots (indicating some task is going on) at the end of a label. Its in general, showing first dot, then 2 and then 3 and again back to one dot. How can I do this? Is this something like having a label and showing one dot in the beginning
and eventually showing more dots as the clock ticks (at a constant rate)?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks Prasad

Answer 1

Hi
Here is some VB code to do what you ask (only, it counts up to 6 dots)
Public Class Form1
Dim lbText As String = "This is some text"
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
With Me.Timer1
.Interval = 200
.Enabled = True
End With
End Sub
Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
Static c As Integer = 0
Select Case c
Case 0
Me.Label1.Text = lbText
Case 1
Me.Label1.Text &= " ."
Case 2, 3, 4, 5
Me.Label1.Text &= "."
Case Else
Me.Label1.Text &= "."
c = -1
End Select
c += 1
End Sub
End Class
Regards Les, Livingston, Scotland