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Does anyone know if the new 'fancy' file transfer progress bar that Windows 8 uses for its file transfer progress is available via some API (preferably C#)? I could think of some useful places for it in our application but can't seem to find out if it's consumable or internally available only to Windows.

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My answer below now includes a WPF implementation that I wrote that you may use in your own projects :)

Screenshot of a Windows 8 file operation dialog with the fancy progress bars

Andreas Rejbrand
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    it probably will be eventually, around the release of windows 8 –  Apr 02 '12 at 13:23
  • @Ryathal: Was hoping for more of a concrete answer - we already have a lot of development resources for Metro style apps on Windows 8, I'm assuming there's some information about stuff like this too somewhere. – Ian Apr 02 '12 at 13:43
  • I've emailed someone on the Microsoft team - author of the following blog to see if I can find out more http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/08/23/improving-our-file-management-basics-copy-move-rename-and-delete.aspx – Ian Apr 20 '12 at 16:02
  • Seeing as its a desktop feature; it probably won't be available to outside developers. Microsoft seems to have only improved the developer interface for Metro; which is sad, because I can't see why people would want to use Metro as end-users. – bbosak Apr 22 '12 at 21:05
  • For anyone who's interested I've started trying to create my own in WPF. Once it's completed I'll post up a link to the source or a DLL. – Ian May 11 '12 at 12:33
  • See my answer for a WPF version of this control – Ian Jun 05 '12 at 18:43

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For all those interested, I have implemented a WPF version of this progress bar avaliable from my blog here (linking so I've only 1 place to keep a valid active link). I decided it was better than waiting for something available only on Windows 8 or not available at all. I hope you find it useful.

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Unfortunatley I wouldn't expect any Windows 8 related API support until the release or a few weeks before Windows 8 is rolled out. It might even be included within a new Visual Studio service pack some time in the near future.

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