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Async SFTP Progress Info

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Demonstrates checking for progress info updates when running a task asynchronously. This example demonstrates an SFTP download.

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C++
#include <CkSFtp.h>
#include <CkTask.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkSFtp sftp;

    //  Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
    sftp.put_ConnectTimeoutMs(15000);
    sftp.put_IdleTimeoutMs(15000);

    //  Connect to the SFTP server.  
    success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",22);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
    //  both password-based authenication as well as public-key
    //  authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword");
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
    success = sftp.InitializeSftp();
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  --------------------
    //  Download a file
    //  --------------------
    const char *localFilePath = "c:/temp/hamlet.xml";
    const char *remoteFilePath = "subdir1/subdir2/hamlet.xml";

    //  Call the async version of the DownloadFileByName 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.
    CkTask *task = sftp.DownloadFileByNameAsync(remoteFilePath,localFilePath);
    if (sftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        std::cout << sftp.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Before starting the task, tell it to keep an in-memory log of what would've been
    //  ProgressInfo callbacks.
    task->put_KeepProgressLog(true);

    //  Schedule the task for running on the thread pool.  This changes the task's state
    //  from Inert to Live.
    success = task->Run();
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << task->lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        delete task;
        return;
    }

    //  The application is now free to do anything else
    //  while the file is being downloaded.

    //  For this example, we'll simply sleep and periodically
    //  check to see if the download is finished, and report the progress
    //  along the way.
    int curPctDone = 0;
    const char *name = 0;
    const char *value = 0;

    while (task->get_Finished() != true) {

        if (task->get_PercentDone() != curPctDone) {
            curPctDone = task->get_PercentDone();
            std::cout << curPctDone << " percent done" << "\r\n";
        }

        //  Check the progress info log.
        //  Emit any log entries..
        while ((task->get_ProgressLogSize() > 0)) {
            //  Get the 1st entry, emit it, and then remove it..
            name = task->progressInfoName(0);
            value = task->progressInfoValue(0);

            //  Entries reporting the received byte count will have the name "RcvByteCount"
            //  Entries reporting the current bytes-per-second will have the name "RcvBytesPerSec"

            std::cout << name << ": " << value << "\r\n";
            task->RemoveProgressInfo(0);
        }

        //  Sleep 100 ms.
        task->SleepMs(100);

    }

    //  Just in case there are any remaining entries...
    while ((task->get_ProgressLogSize() > 0)) {
        //  Get the 1st entry, emit it, and then remove it..
        name = task->progressInfoName(0);
        value = task->progressInfoValue(0);
        std::cout << name << ": " << value << "\r\n";
        task->RemoveProgressInfo(0);
    }

    //  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 (task->get_StatusInt() != 7) {
        std::cout << "Task did not complete." << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "task status: " << task->status() << "\r\n";
        delete task;
        return;
    }

    //  The DownloadFileByName 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 DownloadFileByName synchronously.
    success = task->GetResultBool();
    if (success != true) {
        //  The task's ResultErrorText contains what would have been in the LastErrorText property had
        //  the DownloadFileByName method been called synchronously.
        std::cout << task->resultErrorText() << "\r\n";
    }
    else {
        std::cout << "File downloaded asynchronously." << "\r\n";
    }

    delete task;
    }