I have a small display project that managment would like to add a
'thermometer' graphic to, like you might see on a fund raising drive
sign at church. So far the only component I can find is part of a suit
that sells for $600. They're not going to go for that, nor will they
permit me the time to develop my own control.

So, does anyone know of a company that makes such a component? Failing
that, is there any way to re-orient the progress meter to run up and
down rather than left to right? I do not see a property that would
cover that.

tia

You might look at:

http://www.perpetuumsoft.com/Instrumentation-Widgets.aspx

 http://www.dundas.com/

http://www.steware.com/gauge.asp

Dick

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Richard Grier, Consultant, Hard & Software 12962 West Louisiana Avenue 
Lakewood, CO 80228 303-986-2179 (voice) Homepage: www.hardandsoftware.net 
Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 4th 
Edition ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages) published July 2004, Revised July 
2006. 

Darn, I forgot my favorite "low-cost" control set.  Take a look at: 
http://www.mooseworkssoftware.com/, too.

Dick

-- 
Richard Grier, Consultant, Hard & Software 12962 West Louisiana Avenue 
Lakewood, CO 80228 303-986-2179 (voice) Homepage: www.hardandsoftware.net 
Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 4th 
Edition ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages) published July 2004, Revised July 
2006. 

On Dec 1, 12:37=A0pm, "DickGrier" <dick_grierNOS...@msn.com> wrote:
> Darn, I forgot my favorite "low-cost" control set. =A0Take a look at:http=
://www.mooseworkssoftware.com/, too.
>
> Dick
>
> --
> Richard Grier, Consultant, Hard & Software 12962 West Louisiana Avenue
> Lakewood, CO 80228 303-986-2179 (voice) Homepage:www.hardandsoftware.net
> Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, 4th
> Edition ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages) published July 2004, Revised July
> 2006.

Perfect!

Thanks very much.

 > I have a small display project that management would like to add a
 > 'thermometer' graphic to, like you might see on a fund raising drive
 > sign at church.

It's really pretty easy to do yourself...

Create a white picture box.   Then in it's paint event paint a red 
rectangle of the appropriate height according to your percentage 
complete or whatever.   It should take you 5 minutes at most?   And good 
fun too!

You learn far more by doing it yourself than using a prebuilt control.   :-)