title: Is there a freely available "Spinning Wheel"-like control anywhere for Windows Forms?
body: <p>We've all used the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.progressbar.aspx" rel="noreferrer"><code>ProgressBar</code></a> control, and it's great.</p>
  
  <p>Sometimes, though, you want to indicate to the user that work is being done, even though you can't determine what percentage of the work is finished or how long it will take to complete.</p>
  
  <p>On <em>some</em> operating systems, you can set <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.progressbarstyle.aspx" rel="noreferrer"><code>Style = ProgressBarStyle.Marquee;</code></a> but this isn't supported on, e.g., Windows Server 2008.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any type of "Spinning Wheel" control (like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throbber#Spinning_wheel" rel="noreferrer">this</a>) that is freely available (perhaps on <a href="http://www.codeproject.com/" rel="noreferrer">CodeProject</a>, <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/" rel="noreferrer">CodePlex</a>, <a href="http://sourceforge.net/" rel="noreferrer">SourceForge</a>, or elsewhere) and fills this need?</p>
  
  <p>It doesn't have to be a wheel, really -- any control that appropriate conveys the message "work is being done -- not to worry" would be fine.</p>