C

Async Progress Info Log

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

#include <C_CkMailMan.h>
#include <C_CkEmail.h>
#include <C_CkTask.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkMailMan mailman;
    HCkEmail email;
    HCkTask task;
    int curPctDone;
    const char *name;
    const char *value;

    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.
    mailman = CkMailMan_Create();

    // Set the SMTP server and any required settings.
    CkMailMan_putSmtpHost(mailman,"smtp.mymailserver.com");
    CkMailMan_putSmtpUsername(mailman,"myLogin");
    CkMailMan_putSmtpPassword(mailman,"myPassword");
    CkMailMan_putStartTLS(mailman,TRUE);

    // Create a new email object
    email = CkEmail_Create();

    CkEmail_putSubject(email,"This is a test");
    CkEmail_putBody(email,"This is a test");
    CkEmail_putFrom(email,"Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>");
    success = CkEmail_AddTo(email,"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.
    task = CkMailMan_SendEmailAsync(mailman,email);
    if (CkMailMan_getLastMethodSuccess(mailman) == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkMailMan_lastErrorText(mailman));
        CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);
        return;
    }

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

    // Schedule the task for running on the thread pool.  This changes the task's state
    // from Inert to Live.
    success = CkTask_Run(task);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkTask_lastErrorText(task));
        CkTask_Dispose(task);
        CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);
        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.
    curPctDone = 0;

    while (CkTask_getFinished(task) != TRUE) {

        if (CkTask_getPercentDone(task) != curPctDone) {
            curPctDone = CkTask_getPercentDone(task);
            printf("%d percent done\n",curPctDone);
        }

        // Check the progress info log.
        // Emit any log entries..
        while ((CkTask_getProgressLogSize(task) > 0)) {
            // Get the 1st entry, emit it, and then remove it..
            name = CkTask_progressInfoName(task,0);
            value = CkTask_progressInfoValue(task,0);
            printf("%s: %s\n",name,value);
            CkTask_RemoveProgressInfo(task,0);
        }

        // Sleep 100 ms.
        CkTask_SleepMs(task,100);

    }

    // Just in case there are any remaining entries...
    while ((CkTask_getProgressLogSize(task) > 0)) {
        // Get the 1st entry, emit it, and then remove it..
        name = CkTask_progressInfoName(task,0);
        value = CkTask_progressInfoValue(task,0);
        printf("%s: %s\n",name,value);
        CkTask_RemoveProgressInfo(task,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 (CkTask_getStatusInt(task) != 7) {
        printf("Task did not complete.\n");
        printf("task status: %s\n",CkTask_status(task));
        CkTask_Dispose(task);
        CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
        CkEmail_Dispose(email);
        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 = CkTask_GetResultBool(task);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        // The task's ResultErrorText contains what would have been in the LastErrorText property had
        // the SendEmail method been called synchronously.
        printf("%s\n",CkTask_resultErrorText(task));
    }
    else {
        printf("Email sent asynchronously.\n");
    }

    CkTask_Dispose(task);

    success = CkMailMan_CloseSmtpConnection(mailman);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.\n");

    }



    CkMailMan_Dispose(mailman);
    CkEmail_Dispose(email);

    }