(Delphi ActiveX) Async Progress Info Log

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

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
chilkatGlob: TChilkatGlobal;
success: Integer;
mailman: TChilkatMailMan;
email: TChilkatEmail;
task: IChilkatTask;
curPctDone: Integer;
name: WideString;
value: WideString;

begin
// All Chilkat classes can be unlocked at once at the beginning of a program
// by calling UnlockBundle.  It requires a Bundle unlock code.
chilkatGlob := TChilkatGlobal.Create(Self);
success := chilkatGlob.UnlockBundle('Anything for 30-day trial.');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(chilkatGlob.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
mailman := TChilkatMailMan.Create(Self);

// Set the SMTP server and any required settings.
mailman.SmtpHost := 'smtp.mymailserver.com';
mailman.SmtpUsername := 'myLogin';
mailman.SmtpPassword := 'myPassword';
mailman.StartTLS := 1;

// Create a new email object
email := TChilkatEmail.Create(Self);

email.Subject := 'This is a test';
email.Body := 'This is a test';
email.From := 'Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>';
success := email.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.
task := mailman.SendEmailAsync(email.ControlInterface);
if (mailman.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(mailman.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Before starting the task, tell it to keep an in-memory log of what would've been
// ProgressInfo event callbacks.
task.KeepProgressLog := 1;

// Schedule the task for running on the thread pool.  This changes the task's state
// from Inert to Live.
success := task.Run();
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(task.LastErrorText);

    Exit;
  end;

// 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 task.Finished <> 1 do
  begin

    if (task.PercentDone <> curPctDone) then
      begin
        curPctDone := task.PercentDone;
        Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(curPctDone) + ' percent done');
      end;

    // Check the progress info log.
    // Emit any log entries..
    while (task.ProgressLogSize > 0) do
      begin
        // Get the 1st entry, emit it, and then remove it..
        name := task.ProgressInfoName(0);
        value := task.ProgressInfoValue(0);
        Memo1.Lines.Add(name + ': ' + value);
        task.RemoveProgressInfo(0);
      end;

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

  end;

// Just in case there are any remaining entries...
while (task.ProgressLogSize > 0) do
  begin
    // Get the 1st entry, emit it, and then remove it..
    name := task.ProgressInfoName(0);
    value := task.ProgressInfoValue(0);
    Memo1.Lines.Add(name + ': ' + value);
    task.RemoveProgressInfo(0);
  end;

// 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.StatusInt <> 7) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Task did not complete.');
    Memo1.Lines.Add('task status: ' + task.Status);

    Exit;
  end;

// 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 <> 1) then
  begin
    // The task's ResultErrorText contains what would have been in the LastErrorText property had
    // the SendEmail method been called synchronously.
    Memo1.Lines.Add(task.ResultErrorText);
  end
else
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Email sent asynchronously.');
  end;

success := mailman.CloseSmtpConnection();
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.');

  end;
end;