(Go) Async Progress Info Log

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

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    // All Chilkat classes can be unlocked at once at the beginning of a program
    // by calling UnlockBundle.  It requires a Bundle unlock code.
    chilkatGlob := chilkat.NewGlobal()
    success := chilkatGlob.UnlockBundle("Anything for 30-day trial.")
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(chilkatGlob.LastErrorText())
        chilkatGlob.DisposeGlobal()
        return
    }

    // The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
    mailman := chilkat.NewMailMan()

    // Set the SMTP server and any required settings.
    mailman.SetSmtpHost("smtp.mymailserver.com")
    mailman.SetSmtpUsername("myLogin")
    mailman.SetSmtpPassword("myPassword")
    mailman.SetStartTLS(true)

    // Create a new email object
    email := chilkat.NewEmail()

    email.SetSubject("This is a test")
    email.SetBody("This is a test")
    email.SetFrom("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.
    c := make(chan *chilkat.Task)
    go mailman.SendEmailAsync(email,c)
    task := <-c
    if mailman.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println(mailman.LastErrorText())
        chilkatGlob.DisposeGlobal()
        mailman.DisposeMailMan()
        email.DisposeEmail()
        task.DisposeTask()
        return
    }

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

    // Schedule the task for running on the thread pool.  This changes the task's state
    // from Inert to Live.

    if success != true {
        fmt.Println(task.LastErrorText())
        task.DisposeTask()
        chilkatGlob.DisposeGlobal()
        mailman.DisposeMailMan()
        email.DisposeEmail()
        task.DisposeTask()
        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
    var name *string = new(string)
    var value *string = new(string)

    for task.Finished() != true {

        if task.PercentDone() != curPctDone {
            curPctDone = task.PercentDone()
            fmt.Println(curPctDone, " percent done")
        }

        // Check the progress info log.
        // Emit any log entries..
        for (task.ProgressLogSize() > 0) {
            // Get the 1st entry, emit it, and then remove it..
            name = task.ProgressInfoName(0)
            value = task.ProgressInfoValue(0)
            fmt.Println(*name, ": ", *value)
            task.RemoveProgressInfo(0)
        }

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

    }

    // Just in case there are any remaining entries...
    for (task.ProgressLogSize() > 0) {
        // Get the 1st entry, emit it, and then remove it..
        name = task.ProgressInfoName(0)
        value = task.ProgressInfoValue(0)
        fmt.Println(*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.StatusInt() != 7 {
        fmt.Println("Task did not complete.")
        fmt.Println("task status: ", task.Status())
        task.DisposeTask()
        chilkatGlob.DisposeGlobal()
        mailman.DisposeMailMan()
        email.DisposeEmail()
        task.DisposeTask()
        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.
        fmt.Println(task.ResultErrorText())
    } else {
        fmt.Println("Email sent asynchronously.")
    }

    task.DisposeTask()

    success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection()
    if success != true {
        fmt.Println("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.")

    }


    chilkatGlob.DisposeGlobal()
    mailman.DisposeMailMan()
    email.DisposeEmail()
    task.DisposeTask()