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Using ActionScript 3.0 Components > Using the UI Components > Using the ProgressBar

Using the ProgressBar

The ProgressBar component displays the progress of loading content, which is reassuring to a user when the content is large and can delay the execution of the application. The ProgressBar is useful for displaying the progress of loading images and pieces of an application. The loading process can be determinate or indeterminate. A determinate progress bar is a linear representation of a task's progress over time and is used when the amount of content to load is known. An indeterminate progress bar is used when the amount of content to load is unknown. You can also add a Label component to display the progress of loading as a percentage.

The ProgressBar component uses 9-slice scaling and has a bar skin, a track skin, and an indeterminate skin.

Related topics

• User interaction with the ProgressBar
• ProgressBar parameters
• Creating an application with the ProgressBar

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