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Async Progress Info Log

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Demonstrates checking for progress info updates when running a task asynchronously. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

; This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
; See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$bSuccess = False

; The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
$oMailman = ObjCreate("Chilkat.MailMan")

; Set the SMTP server and any required settings.
$oMailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.mymailserver.com"
$oMailman.SmtpUsername = "myLogin"
$oMailman.SmtpPassword = "myPassword"
$oMailman.StartTLS = True

; Create a new email object
$oEmail = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Email")

$oEmail.Subject = "This is a test"
$oEmail.Body = "This is a test"
$oEmail.From = "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>"
$bSuccess = $oEmail.AddTo("Chilkat Admin","admin@chilkatsoft.com")

; Call the async version of the SendEmail method to return a task object.
; The task object is loaded, but is in the Inert state -- meaning it is
; not yet scheduled to run on Chilkat's background thread pool.
Local $oTask = $oMailman.SendEmailAsync($oEmail)
If ($oMailman.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oMailman.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Before starting the task, tell it to keep an in-memory log of what would've been
; ProgressInfo event callbacks.
$oTask.KeepProgressLog = True

; Schedule the task for running on the thread pool.  This changes the task's state
; from Inert to Live.
$bSuccess = $oTask.Run()
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oTask.LastErrorText & @CRLF)

    Exit
EndIf

; The application is now free to do anything else
; while the email is being sent.

; For this example, we'll simply sleep and periodically
; check to see if the SendEmail if finished.  While checking
; however, we'll report on the progress.
Local $iCurPctDone = 0
Local $sName
Local $sValue

While $oTask.Finished <> True

    If ($oTask.PercentDone <> $iCurPctDone) Then
        $iCurPctDone = $oTask.PercentDone
        ConsoleWrite($iCurPctDone & " percent done" & @CRLF)
    EndIf

    ; Check the progress info log.
    ; Emit any log entries..
    While ($oTask.ProgressLogSize > 0)
        ; Get the 1st entry, emit it, and then remove it..
        $sName = $oTask.ProgressInfoName(0)
        $sValue = $oTask.ProgressInfoValue(0)
        ConsoleWrite($sName & ": " & $sValue & @CRLF)
        $oTask.RemoveProgressInfo 0
    Wend

    ; Sleep 100 ms.
    $oTask.SleepMs 100

Wend

; Just in case there are any remaining entries...
While ($oTask.ProgressLogSize > 0)
    ; Get the 1st entry, emit it, and then remove it..
    $sName = $oTask.ProgressInfoName(0)
    $sValue = $oTask.ProgressInfoValue(0)
    ConsoleWrite($sName & ": " & $sValue & @CRLF)
    $oTask.RemoveProgressInfo 0
Wend

; A finished task could be one that was canceled, aborted, or truly finished.  

; If the task was "canceled", it was canceled prior to actually starting.  This could
; happen if the task was canceled while waiting in a thread pool queue to be scheduled by Chilkat's
; background thread pool scheduler.  

; If the task was "aborted", it indicates that it was canceled while running in a background thread.  
; The ResultErrorText will likely indicate that the task was aborted.

; If the task "completed", then it ran to completion, but the actual success/failure of the method
; is determined by the result obtained via a GetResult* method.  (A "completed" task will
; have a StatusInt equal to 7.   If the task finished, but was not completed, then it must've
; been aborted or canceled:
If ($oTask.StatusInt <> 7) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Task did not complete." & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("task status: " & $oTask.Status & @CRLF)

    Exit
EndIf

; The SendEmail method returns a boolean.  Therefore, after the task is finished,
; we can get the boolean result by calling GetResultBool.  This is the return value had
; we called SendEmail synchronously.
$bSuccess = $oTask.GetResultBool()
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ; The task's ResultErrorText contains what would have been in the LastErrorText property had
    ; the SendEmail method been called synchronously.
    ConsoleWrite($oTask.ResultErrorText & @CRLF)
Else
    ConsoleWrite("Email sent asynchronously." & @CRLF)
EndIf

$bSuccess = $oMailman.CloseSmtpConnection()
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly." & @CRLF)

EndIf