Circular Progress Meter 2.1 User Control (Minor Update)

A circular progress bar/meter usercontrol with the following features: -- Solid color, fading colid color, or gradient blend -- One-, two- or three-color options -- Full-circle or arc of any size from 45 to 359 degrees -- Display value as a colored arc, a 'needle', or both -- Five styles of 'ticks' around edge, spaced however you want -- Display value as number or percentage--any font, color, and position! -- Customizable text shadow, too! -- Change background colors or use AutoMask to make background transparent -- Use custom picture backgrounds and mask pictures for transparency -- Show/hide border, change width -- Show/hide start line when value is zero -- Start at any angle (offset) -- Clockwise or Counter-Clockwise movement -- Change min/max values -- Fully scalable Also demonstrates various API graphics calls, getting the true color of a system color, use of mask color, using custom Enums for user control properties, scaling pictures and masks, and more. See screenshot: -- Large circle ('78') demonstrates a tricolor gradient, text with shadow, and dot-style ticks -- Wide control at top ('64') demonstrates tri-color fade, a 180-degree arc, hollow-dot ticks, needle, inset control border, and the flexibility of text positioning -- Large PSI gauge at right demonstrates custom picture & mask picture -- 'Fuel Gauge' demonstrates custom picture and value as percent -- Quarter circle ('53') at lower-left demonstrates 90 degree arc, box ticks, a bi-color fade, counter-clockwise motion, automask (it doesn't overlap the large meter) and custom shadow placement -- 'Wooden' meter near bottom demonstrates a 140-degree arc, offset angle, and custom picture as full background -- Black meter near bottom demonstrates border and line-style ticks with no background, and the effect of a tri-color fade where the start- and midcolors are the same (white) and the end color is different (red) -- Pink meter ('42') in center demonstrates the Automask by overlapping it's neighbors, and a tricolor fade where the start and end colors are the same but the midcolor differs. -- The reddish meter near the bottom ('65') demonstrates blends using system colors (in this case from ButtonFace to Highlight with ActiveTitleBar color as needle) -- Tiny meter inside PSI gauge demonstrates another use of Automask Enjoy! I welcome all comments, and please vote if you liked it or learned from it! Thanks! (UPDATED 3/24/2004: Fixed 'gap' on very small meters at some resolutions, Removed bug that caused crash when properties do not reload properly in IDE)