GradientProgressBar is an ActiveX control that makes it easy to create gradient progress bars for Visual Basic. The GradientProgressBar features include: the ability to set gradient direction from left to right, right to left, top to bottom, and bottom to top\; customizable color gradiations\; a definable caption-appendix\; displays of percentages or real-values\; and the ability to add separators to the progress bar in any color.