How do i create a loading bar

Hi
im making a auto installer but i want a good looking install bar (that isn't simpleinstall or whatever its called simple something)
i want one that looks like this and the middle is the loading bar

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(While is the bar in this line) Installing | %42 |
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If you know how to do this please let me know the code

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ForceLog, on 06 January 2016 - 01:39 AM said:

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This is fairly simple to make, but what will the loading bar be for? Like a download (which is not really possible), like you can do one on a timer? or you can use data?

you can use a for loop and loop through so an example is:

-- This is the start position
local startx = 2
-- This is the end position
local endx = 49
-- This is the yvalue the bar will draw on
local ypos = 8
-- This is the colour of the bar
local barcolour = "blue"
-- Sleep time (progress speed of the bar)
local stime = 0.1

-- Simple loop from startx to endx
for i=startx, endx do
	-- Draw a pixel at the y value, and then the internal counter, with the colour you wanted
	paintutils.drawPixel(i, ypos, colours[barcolour])
	-- Wait to make it an animation
	sleep(stime)
end

If you want to use data, then it depends on what you want…?

It doesn't seem to work i do this in a file
– This is the start position
local startx = 2
– This is the end position
local endx = 49
– This is the yvalue the bar will draw on
local ypos = 8
– This is the colour of the bar
local barcolour = "white"
– Sleep time (progress speed of the bar)
local stime = 0.1

– Simple loop from startx to endx
for i=startx, endx do
– Draw a pixel at the y value, and then the internal counter, with the colour you wanted
paintutils.drawPixel(i, 8, colours[white])
– Wait to make it an animation
sleep(0.1)
end

ForceLog, on 07 January 2016 - 02:50 AM said:

It doesn't seem to work i do this in a file
– This is the start position
local startx = 2
– This is the end position
local endx = 49
– This is the yvalue the bar will draw on
local ypos = 8
– This is the colour of the bar
local barcolour = "white"
– Sleep time (progress speed of the bar)
local stime = 0.1

– Simple loop from startx to endx
for i=startx, endx do
– Draw a pixel at the y value, and then the internal counter, with the colour you wanted
paintutils.drawPixel(i, 8, colours[white])
– Wait to make it an animation
sleep(0.1)
end

This is because you changed part of the code…
where it says

paintutils.drawPixel(i, 8, colours[white])

It SHOULD be:

paintutils.drawPixel(i, ypos, colours[barcolour])

The only code you edit should be the variables at the top, not the actual for loop.