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How do I create a Busy Indicator like this sample

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Debasis asked on 11 May 2011, 01:22 PM
Hi,
I want to create a Busy Indicator which looks like this sample. Please see the attached image. I got a sample code which is for WPF but couldn't convert it to Silverlight.

<Window 
   x:Class="AnimatedBusyControl.MainWindow"
   Title="AnimatedBusyControl" 
   Height="400" 
   Width="400"
   >
   <Grid>
      <Grid.Resources>
         <Style x:Key="AnimatedBusyControl" TargetType="Control">
            <Setter Property="RenderTransformOrigin" Value="0.5,0.5"/>
            <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black"/>
            <Setter Property="Background" Value="#80FFFFFF"/>
            <Setter Property="Template">
               <Setter.Value>
                  <ControlTemplate>
                     <ControlTemplate.Resources>
                        <Style x:Key="Part" TargetType="Rectangle">
                           <Setter Property="Opacity" Value="0.3"/>
                           <Setter Property="RadiusX" Value="5"/>
                           <Setter Property="RadiusY" Value="5"/>
                           <Setter Property="Width" Value="100"/>
                           <Setter Property="Height" Value="10"/>
                           <Setter Property="RenderTransformOrigin" Value="0.5,0.5"/>
                        </Style>
                        <Storyboard 
                           x:Key="SB"
                           RepeatBehavior="Forever"
                           Duration="00:00:01.50"
                           >
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part5"  BeginTime="-00:00:00.875" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part6"  BeginTime="-00:00:00.750" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part7"  BeginTime="-00:00:00.625" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part8"  BeginTime="-00:00:00.500" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part9"  BeginTime="-00:00:00.375" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part10" BeginTime="-00:00:00.250" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part11" BeginTime="-00:00:00.125" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part0"  BeginTime="00:00:00.000" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part1"  BeginTime="00:00:00.125" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part2"  BeginTime="00:00:00.250" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part3"  BeginTime="00:00:00.375" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part4"  BeginTime="00:00:00.500" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part5"  BeginTime="00:00:00.625" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part6"  BeginTime="00:00:00.750" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part7"  BeginTime="00:00:00.875" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part8"  BeginTime="00:00:01.000" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part9"  BeginTime="00:00:01.125" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part10" BeginTime="00:00:01.250" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                           <DoubleAnimation Storyboard.TargetName="Part11" BeginTime="00:00:01.375" Duration="00:00:01" From="1.0" To="0.3" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" />
                        </Storyboard>
                     </ControlTemplate.Resources>
                     <ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                        <EventTrigger RoutedEvent="Control.Loaded">
                           <BeginStoryboard Storyboard="{StaticResource SB}"/>
                        </EventTrigger>
                     </ControlTemplate.Triggers>
                     <Grid Background="{TemplateBinding Background}">
                        <Rectangle 
                           x:Name="Part0"
                           Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
                           Style="{StaticResource Part}"
                           >
                           <Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                              <TransformGroup>
                                 <TranslateTransform X="-100"/>
                                 <RotateTransform Angle="0"/>
                              </TransformGroup>
                           </Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                        </Rectangle>
                        <Rectangle 
                           x:Name="Part1"
                           Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
                           Style="{StaticResource Part}"
                           >
                           <Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                              <TransformGroup>
                                 <TranslateTransform X="-100"/>
                                 <RotateTransform Angle="30"/>
                              </TransformGroup>
                           </Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                        </Rectangle>
                        <Rectangle 
                           x:Name="Part2"
                           Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
                           Style="{StaticResource Part}"
                           >
                           <Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                              <TransformGroup>
                                 <TranslateTransform X="-100"/>
                                 <RotateTransform Angle="60"/>
                              </TransformGroup>
                           </Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                        </Rectangle>
                        <Rectangle 
                           x:Name="Part3"
                           Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
                           Style="{StaticResource Part}"
                           >
                           <Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                              <TransformGroup>
                                 <TranslateTransform X="-100"/>
                                 <RotateTransform Angle="90"/>
                              </TransformGroup>
                           </Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                        </Rectangle>
                        <Rectangle 
                           x:Name="Part4"
                           Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
                           Style="{StaticResource Part}"
                           >
                           <Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                              <TransformGroup>
                                 <TranslateTransform X="-100"/>
                                 <RotateTransform Angle="120"/>
                              </TransformGroup>
                           </Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                        </Rectangle>
                        <Rectangle 
                           x:Name="Part5"
                           Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
                           Style="{StaticResource Part}"
                           >
                           <Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                              <TransformGroup>
                                 <TranslateTransform X="-100"/>
                                 <RotateTransform Angle="150"/>
                              </TransformGroup>
                           </Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                        </Rectangle>
                        <Rectangle 
                           x:Name="Part6"
                           Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
                           Style="{StaticResource Part}"
                           >
                           <Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                              <TransformGroup>
                                 <TranslateTransform X="-100"/>
                                 <RotateTransform Angle="180"/>
                              </TransformGroup>
                           </Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                        </Rectangle>
                        <Rectangle 
                           x:Name="Part7"
                           Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
                           Style="{StaticResource Part}"
                           >
                           <Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                              <TransformGroup>
                                 <TranslateTransform X="-100"/>
                                 <RotateTransform Angle="210"/>
                              </TransformGroup>
                           </Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                        </Rectangle>
                        <Rectangle 
                           x:Name="Part8"
                           Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
                           Style="{StaticResource Part}"
                           >
                           <Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                              <TransformGroup>
                                 <TranslateTransform X="-100"/>
                                 <RotateTransform Angle="240"/>
                              </TransformGroup>
                           </Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                        </Rectangle>
                        <Rectangle 
                           x:Name="Part9"
                           Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
                           Style="{StaticResource Part}"
                           >
                           <Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                              <TransformGroup>
                                 <TranslateTransform X="-100"/>
                                 <RotateTransform Angle="270"/>
                              </TransformGroup>
                           </Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                        </Rectangle>
                        <Rectangle 
                           x:Name="Part10"
                           Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
                           Style="{StaticResource Part}"
                           >
                           <Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                              <TransformGroup>
                                 <TranslateTransform X="-100"/>
                                 <RotateTransform Angle="300"/>
                              </TransformGroup>
                           </Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                        </Rectangle>
                        <Rectangle
                           x:Name="Part11"
                           Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
                           Style="{StaticResource Part}"
                           >
                           <Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                              <TransformGroup>
                                 <TranslateTransform X="-100"/>
                                 <RotateTransform Angle="330"/>
                              </TransformGroup>
                           </Rectangle.RenderTransform>
                        </Rectangle>
                     </Grid>
                  </ControlTemplate>
               </Setter.Value>
            </Setter>
         </Style>
      </Grid.Resources>
  
      <TextBlock Text="Please Wait Loading..." FontSize="36" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
  
      <Control Style="{StaticResource AnimatedBusyControl}">
         <!--<Control.RenderTransform>
            <ScaleTransform ScaleX="0.5" ScaleY="0.5"/>
         </Control.RenderTransform>-->
      </Control>
   </Grid>
</Window>


Best Regards,
DG

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Pana
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answered on 12 May 2011, 09:29 AM
Hi Debasis,

I have updated the progress bar of the RadBusyIndicator for you. You will have to do the additional changes to the RadBusyIndicator's BusyContent area. The complete xaml for RadBusyIndicator of RadBusyIndicator is attached so this should not be a problem. The loader however looks pretty much like the WPF version you have attached.

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Pana
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answered on 12 May 2011, 10:23 AM
Hi Pana,

Thank you for your help.

Let me test this sample.

Best Regards,
Debasis
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