WaitForm Class

A small form, designed to display the progress of a lengthy operation. The form’s display is managed by the SplashScreenManager component.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraWaitForm

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraEditors.v18.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public class WaitForm :
    SplashFormBase

VB.NET

Public Class WaitForm
    Inherits SplashFormBase

Remarks

A WaitForm contains an animated image (obtained from the current skin) and two custom labels (caption and description) displayed one under another:

To create a Wait Form, drop a SplashScreenManager component onto your form, click the component’s tag and then click the Add Wait Form link in the SplashScreenManager Tasks window that will open:

This generates a WaitForm‘s descendant that you can modify at design time.

A Wait Form needs to be manually displayed, using the methods provided by the SplashScreenManager component.

See Wait Form to learn more.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-show-waitform-above-usercontrol-e3892/CS/WaitFormExample/WaitForm/UserControlWaitForm.cs#L5

namespace WaitFormExample.WaitForm {
    public partial class UserControlWaitForm :DevExpress.XtraWaitForm.WaitForm {
        public UserControlWaitForm() {

how-to-find-a-node-in-a-treelist-in-a-background-thread-e4531/CS/AsynchronousFindInTreeList/WaitForm1.cs#L11

namespace AsynchronousFindInTreeList {
    public partial class WaitForm1 : WaitForm {
        public WaitForm1() {

how-to-cancel-time-consuming-operation-from-the-waitform-e4524/CS/WaitFormCanceling/WaitForm1.cs#L25

{
    public partial class WaitForm1 : WaitForm
    {

how-to-display-the-loading-panel-for-winform-controls-e2543/CS/WaitForm1.cs#L11

namespace WaitForm_SetDescription {
    public partial class WaitForm1 : WaitForm {
        public WaitForm1() {

how-to-dynamically-change-a-wait-forms-labels-e3575/CS/WaitForm1.cs#L11

namespace WaitForm_SetDescription {
    public partial class WaitForm1 : WaitForm {
        public WaitForm1() {

VB.NET

how-to-show-waitform-above-usercontrol-e3892/VB/WaitFormExample/WaitForm/UserControlWaitForm.vb#L7

Partial Public Class UserControlWaitForm
    Inherits DevExpress.XtraWaitForm.WaitForm
    Public Sub New()

how-to-find-a-node-in-a-treelist-in-a-background-thread-e4531/VB/AsynchronousFindInTreeList/WaitForm1.vb#L13

Partial Public Class WaitForm1
    Inherits WaitForm
    Public Sub New()

how-to-cancel-time-consuming-operation-from-the-waitform-e4524/VB/WaitFormCanceling/WaitForm1.vb#L25

Partial Public Class WaitForm1
    Inherits WaitForm

how-to-display-the-loading-panel-for-winform-controls-e2543/VB/WaitForm1.vb#L13

Partial Public Class WaitForm1
    Inherits WaitForm
    Public Sub New()

how-to-dynamically-change-a-wait-forms-labels-e3575/VB/WaitForm1.vb#L13

Partial Public Class WaitForm1
    Inherits WaitForm
    Public Sub New()

Inheritance

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Object

MarshalByRefObject

Component

Control

ScrollableControl

ContainerControl

Form

DevExpress.XtraEditors.DForm

DevExpress.Utils.Win.TopFormBase

DevExpress.Utils.Win.CustomTopForm

DevExpress.Utils.Win.StickLookAndFeelForm

SplashFormBase

WaitForm