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Async Progress Info Log

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

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#include <CkMailManW.h>
#include <CkEmailW.h>
#include <CkTaskW.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.

    success = false;

    //  The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
    CkMailManW mailman;

    //  Set the SMTP server and any required settings.
    mailman.put_SmtpHost(L"smtp.mymailserver.com");
    mailman.put_SmtpUsername(L"myLogin");
    mailman.put_SmtpPassword(L"myPassword");
    mailman.put_StartTLS(true);

    //  Create a new email object
    CkEmailW email;

    email.put_Subject(L"This is a test");
    email.put_Body(L"This is a test");
    email.put_From(L"Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>");
    success = email.AddTo(L"Chilkat Admin",L"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.
    CkTaskW *task = mailman.SendEmailAsync(email);
    if (mailman.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",mailman.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Before starting the task, tell it to keep an in-memory log of what would've been
    //  ProgressInfo event 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) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",task->lastErrorText());
        delete task;
        return;
    }

    //  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.
    int curPctDone = 0;
    const wchar_t *name = 0;
    const wchar_t *value = 0;

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

        if (task->get_PercentDone() != curPctDone) {
            curPctDone = task->get_PercentDone();
            wprintf(L"%d percent done\n",curPctDone);
        }

        //  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);
            wprintf(L"%s: %s\n",name,value);
            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);
        wprintf(L"%s: %s\n",name,value);
        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) {
        wprintf(L"Task did not complete.\n");
        wprintf(L"task status: %s\n",task->status());
        delete task;
        return;
    }

    //  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.
    success = task->GetResultBool();
    if (success != true) {
        //  The task's ResultErrorText contains what would have been in the LastErrorText property had
        //  the SendEmail method been called synchronously.
        wprintf(L"%s\n",task->resultErrorText());
    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"Email sent asynchronously.\n");
    }

    delete task;

    success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.\n");

    }
    }