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Status bar in C# console application
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/// <summary> | |
/// Draw a progress bar at the current cursor position. | |
/// Be careful not to Console.WriteLine or anything whilst using this to show progress! | |
/// </summary> | |
/// <param name="progress">The position of the bar</param> | |
/// <param name="total">The amount it counts</param> | |
private static void drawTextProgressBar(int progress, int total) | |
{ | |
//draw empty progress bar | |
Console.CursorLeft = 0; | |
Console.Write("["); //start | |
Console.CursorLeft = 32; | |
Console.Write("]"); //end | |
Console.CursorLeft = 1; | |
float onechunk = 30.0f / total; | |
//draw filled part | |
int position = 1; | |
for (int i = 0; i < onechunk * progress; i++) | |
{ | |
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Gray; | |
Console.CursorLeft = position++; | |
Console.Write(" "); | |
} | |
//draw unfilled part | |
for (int i = position; i <= 31; i++) | |
{ | |
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Black; | |
Console.CursorLeft = position++; | |
Console.Write(" "); | |
} | |
//draw totals | |
Console.CursorLeft = 35; | |
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Black; | |
Console.Write(progress.ToString() + " of " + total.ToString()+" "); //blanks at the end remove any excess | |
} |
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