Scrolling numbers like a mechanical counter?

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What is the recommended way to create large scrolling numbers with C# and
Visual Studio .Net? I want the numbers to appear to be rolling on a
continuous mechanical drum. For example, if the number to be displayed is
18.65, the display area would show half of the 6 and a 7 because of the 5 in
the hundreths position. I have been playing with the LinearGradientBrush to
make the numbers appear to be turning on a round drum by starting with a
light color in the middle of the display area and the color becoming
progessively darker toward the top and bottom of the display area. Any C#
..Net examples of this available?
 
random said:
What is the recommended way to create large scrolling numbers with C# and
Visual Studio .Net? I want the numbers to appear to be rolling on a
continuous mechanical drum. For example, if the number to be displayed is
18.65, the display area would show half of the 6 and a 7 because of the 5 in
the hundreths position. I have been playing with the LinearGradientBrush to
make the numbers appear to be turning on a round drum by starting with a
light color in the middle of the display area and the color becoming
progessively darker toward the top and bottom of the display area. Any C#
.Net examples of this available?
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Wouldn't it be easier to create images for each instance and change the
image when needed? You only have a fixed number of image frames needed
for it.

I don't think I have ever seen a display that would show the digit after
the decimal point midway, as in your example. It would usually stay on
the 6 and clock over to the next digit when the hundredth goes from 9 to
0.
 
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