Photoshop and WPF work together to create a cool and personalized progress bar control

Now if you want to build a professional App, UI design and ease of operation are very important. UI design can use design tools such as Photoshop or AI. I previously learned that the WPF design tool Expression Blend can directly import PSD files or AI design files (of course not all features are supported). I recently researched it and spent a lot of trouble. Fortunately, Finally, the desired effect was achieved. The following is a step by step example to illustrate how to first use PS to build a vector graphic template, then use Expression Blend to import the PSD file, and obtain the Data value of PATH to build a beautiful UI for creating a cool personalized progress bar control.

1. Open Photoshop, create a new blank layer, and click on the PS pattern stamp tool:

##2. Select the brush you like (you can download free brushes from the website), as shown below:

After clicking on the appropriate location, as shown in the figure below.

3. Hold down CTRL, select the layer, switch to the Path panel, and click [Create working path from selection] button, as shown below:

##Pay attention to the picture above The red box button is [Create working path from selection]. After clicking, the following picture will appear:

4. This is the most critical step. Create a vector mask, switch to the layer panel, click the [Pen] tool, and select the [Create Vector Mask] item in the right-click menu on the graphic, as shown in the following figure:

Then you can see the effect of the picture below in PS, indicating that the creation is successful.

Save the PS file as a progress bar.PSD file for later use.

5. Open Expression Blend 4 to create a new WPF project, and then import the PSD file, as shown below:

##After the import is successful, you can copy the clip data of the graphic, this is Data value required by PATH in WPF.

Let’s create a cool WPF progress bar control.

6. Re-open the project in VS2010 and add a WPF custom control library, as shown below:

17 Write the control UI and background code as follows:

<resourcedictionary>
    
    <style>
        <Setter Property="Template">
            <Setter.Value>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type local:CustomProgressControl}">
                    <Grid x:Name="PART_container"
                          Background="{TemplateBinding Background}"
                          Width="{TemplateBinding Width}"
                          Height="{TemplateBinding Height}">
                        <Path x:Name="PART_foreground_P"
                              Visibility="Collapsed"
                              Stretch="Fill"
                              Stroke="Transparent"
                              Fill="{TemplateBinding Foreground}"
                              StrokeThickness="2"
                              Data="F1M56,33C58,33 60,33 62,33 61.667,33.667 61.333,34.333 61,35 57.794,34.859 53.856,36.079 56,33z M49,24C54.364,24.735 53.554,24.821 56,28 53.807,30.696 55.287,29.902 51,31 50,30 49,29 48,28 48.333,26.667 48.667,25.333 49,24z M62,22C63.666,22.333 65.333,22.667 67,23 66.333,27.571 65.935,27.376 64,30 63,29.333 62,28.667 61,28 61,27.667 61,27.333 61,27 61.333,25.333 61.667,23.666 62,22z M46,15C46.667,15 47.333,15 48,15 47.333,17.333 46.667,19.667 46,22 45.333,22 44.667,22 44,22 44.667,19.667 45.333,17.333 46,15z M63,13C64.923,14.392 63.599,13.101 65,15 64.333,14.333 63.667,13.667 63,13z M55,12C56.666,12.667 58.333,13.333 60,14 60,15.333 60,16.667 60,18 59.333,18 58.667,18 58,18 54.722,21.928 52.838,16.561 52,14 53,13.333 54,12.667 55,12z M128,1C128.667,1 129.333,1 130,1 128.882,10.058 122.793,12.326 122,23 126.364,22.028 126.876,21.206 131,22 130,23.333 129,24.667 128,26 110.659,32.752 112.704,45.252 103,59 95.769,69.245 82.761,82.131 72,89 72.621,101.092 82.373,112.463 90,118 90.333,118 90.667,118 91,118 93.274,107.421 107.464,106.386 104,92 101.667,87.667 99.333,83.333 97,79 98,78 99,77 100,76 122.812,77.152 112.786,100.488 115,114 116.666,115.666 118.333,117.333 120,119 127.359,142.373 118.776,160.626 106,168 110.337,176.877 114.918,188.188 121,197 127.441,206.332 140.794,210.508 148,220 146.506,223.067 146.885,223.215 144,225 113.08,236.802 62.376,138.34 36,147 34.077,151.751 32.347,152.761 28,155 17.556,150.255 9.333,141.565 9,127 13.999,120.001 19,112.999 24,106 22.667,102.667 21.333,99.333 20,96 7.555,96.019 4.392,90.889 1,82 1.465,74.486 3.768,68.82 9,66 19.848,56.341 31.922,71.946 38,77 37.406,83.299 36.792,87.413 39,92 41.333,89.667 43.667,87.333 46,85 81.009,67.269 105.228,31.536 128,1z" />
                        
                        <Rectangle x:Name="PART_mask"
                                   Fill="{TemplateBinding Background}"
                                   VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
                                   HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" />
                        
                        <Path x:Name="PART_outline_P"
                              Visibility="Collapsed"
                              Stretch="Fill"
                              Stroke="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}"
                              Fill="Transparent"
                              StrokeThickness="2"
                              Data="F1M56,33C58,33 60,33 62,33 61.667,33.667 61.333,34.333 61,35 57.794,34.859 53.856,36.079 56,33z M49,24C54.364,24.735 53.554,24.821 56,28 53.807,30.696 55.287,29.902 51,31 50,30 49,29 48,28 48.333,26.667 48.667,25.333 49,24z M62,22C63.666,22.333 65.333,22.667 67,23 66.333,27.571 65.935,27.376 64,30 63,29.333 62,28.667 61,28 61,27.667 61,27.333 61,27 61.333,25.333 61.667,23.666 62,22z M46,15C46.667,15 47.333,15 48,15 47.333,17.333 46.667,19.667 46,22 45.333,22 44.667,22 44,22 44.667,19.667 45.333,17.333 46,15z M63,13C64.923,14.392 63.599,13.101 65,15 64.333,14.333 63.667,13.667 63,13z M55,12C56.666,12.667 58.333,13.333 60,14 60,15.333 60,16.667 60,18 59.333,18 58.667,18 58,18 54.722,21.928 52.838,16.561 52,14 53,13.333 54,12.667 55,12z M128,1C128.667,1 129.333,1 130,1 128.882,10.058 122.793,12.326 122,23 126.364,22.028 126.876,21.206 131,22 130,23.333 129,24.667 128,26 110.659,32.752 112.704,45.252 103,59 95.769,69.245 82.761,82.131 72,89 72.621,101.092 82.373,112.463 90,118 90.333,118 90.667,118 91,118 93.274,107.421 107.464,106.386 104,92 101.667,87.667 99.333,83.333 97,79 98,78 99,77 100,76 122.812,77.152 112.786,100.488 115,114 116.666,115.666 118.333,117.333 120,119 127.359,142.373 118.776,160.626 106,168 110.337,176.877 114.918,188.188 121,197 127.441,206.332 140.794,210.508 148,220 146.506,223.067 146.885,223.215 144,225 113.08,236.802 62.376,138.34 36,147 34.077,151.751 32.347,152.761 28,155 17.556,150.255 9.333,141.565 9,127 13.999,120.001 19,112.999 24,106 22.667,102.667 21.333,99.333 20,96 7.555,96.019 4.392,90.889 1,82 1.465,74.486 3.768,68.82 9,66 19.848,56.341 31.922,71.946 38,77 37.406,83.299 36.792,87.413 39,92 41.333,89.667 43.667,87.333 46,85 81.009,67.269 105.228,31.536 128,1z" />

                        <TextBlock x:Name="PART_percentage_text"
                                   VerticalAlignment="Center"
                                   HorizontalAlignment="Center"
                                   FontSize="16" 
                                   FontWeight="ExtraBlack"
                                   Foreground="{TemplateBinding TextForeground}"/>

                    
                
            
        
    </style>

</resourcedictionary>

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18 Drag the control into the main interface of WpfPSDemo and customize the properties. The code is as follows:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;

namespace WpfCustomProgressControl
{

    [TemplatePart(Name = "PART_mask", Type = typeof(Rectangle))]
    [TemplatePart(Name = "PART_container", Type = typeof(Grid))]
    [TemplatePart(Name = "PART_percentage_text", Type = typeof(TextBlock))]
    [TemplatePart(Name = "PART_foreground_P", Type = typeof(Path))]
    [TemplatePart(Name = "PART_outline_P", Type = typeof(Path))]

    public class CustomProgressControl : ProgressBar
    {
        static CustomProgressControl()
        {
            DefaultStyleKeyProperty.OverrideMetadata(typeof(CustomProgressControl), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(typeof(CustomProgressControl)));

        }

        Rectangle mask;
        Grid container;
        TextBlock percentageText;
        Path foreground_P;
        Path outline_P;

        #region TextForeground 文本
        public SolidColorBrush TextForeground
        {
            get { return (SolidColorBrush)GetValue(TextForegroundProperty); }
            set { SetValue(TextForegroundProperty, value); }
        }

        public static readonly DependencyProperty TextForegroundProperty =
            DependencyProperty.Register("TextForeground", typeof(SolidColorBrush),
                                typeof(CustomProgressControl),
                                new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(new SolidColorBrush(Colors.DarkGray)));
        #endregion

        public override void OnApplyTemplate()
        {
            base.OnApplyTemplate();


            foreground_P = this.Template.FindName("PART_foreground_P", this) as Path;
            outline_P = this.Template.FindName("PART_outline_P", this) as Path;
            mask = this.Template.FindName("PART_mask", this) as Rectangle;
            container = this.Template.FindName("PART_container", this) as Grid;
            percentageText = this.Template.FindName("PART_percentage_text", this) as TextBlock;
            if (foreground_P != null)
            {
                foreground_P.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
                outline_P.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
            }
            Width = double.IsNaN(Width) ? 50 : Width;
            Height = double.IsNaN(Height) ? 135 : Height;

            Minimum = double.IsNaN(Minimum) ? 0 : Minimum;
            Maximum = double.IsNaN(Maximum) ? 100 : Maximum;

            if (mask != null)
            {
                var percentageValue = Value / Maximum;
                var awayMargin = percentageValue * Height;
                var percentageString = string.Empty;

                if (percentageValue > 0)
                    percentageString = (percentageValue * 100).ToString("##");
                else if (percentageValue == 0)
                    percentageString = "0";

                percentageText.Text = string.Format("{0}%", string.IsNullOrEmpty(percentageString) ? "0" : percentageString);

                mask.Margin = new Thickness(0, 0, 0, awayMargin);
            }

            container.Clip = new RectangleGeometry
            {
                Rect = new Rect(0, 0, Width, Height)
            };

            mask.Width = Width;
            mask.Height = Height;
        }

        protected override void OnValueChanged(double oldValue, double newValue)
        {
            base.OnValueChanged(oldValue, newValue);

            if (Value < Minimum)
            {
                Value = Minimum;
            }

            if (Value > Maximum)
            {
                Value = Maximum;
            }

            if (mask != null)
            {
                var percentageValue = Value / Maximum;
                var awayMargin = percentageValue * Height;
                var percentageString = string.Empty;

                if (percentageValue > 0)
                    percentageString = (percentageValue * 100).ToString("##");
                else if (percentageValue == 0)
                    percentageString = "0";

                percentageText.Text = string.Format("{0}%", string.IsNullOrEmpty(percentageString) ? "0" : percentageString);
                //蒙板来变更进度
                mask.Margin = new Thickness(0, 0, 0, awayMargin);

            }
        }
    }
}

 <window>
    <customprogresscontrol></customprogresscontrol>
</window>

Run the code and the effect is as follows:

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