(Perl) Async Progress Info Log

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

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use chilkat();

# 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::CkGlobal->new();
$success = $chilkatGlob->UnlockBundle("Anything for 30-day trial.");
if ($success != 1) {
    print $chilkatGlob->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# The mailman object is used for sending and receiving email.
$mailman = chilkat::CkMailMan->new();

# Set the SMTP server and any required settings.
$mailman->put_SmtpHost("smtp.mymailserver.com");
$mailman->put_SmtpUsername("myLogin");
$mailman->put_SmtpPassword("myPassword");
$mailman->put_StartTLS(1);

# Create a new email object
$email = chilkat::CkEmail->new();

$email->put_Subject("This is a test");
$email->put_Body("This is a test");
$email->put_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 is a Task
$task = $mailman->SendEmailAsync($email);
if ($mailman->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $mailman->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Before starting the task, tell it to keep an in-memory log of what would've been
# ProgressInfo event callbacks.
$task->put_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) {
    print $task->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";

    exit;
}

# 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->get_Finished() != 1) {

    if ($task->get_PercentDone() != $curPctDone) {
        $curPctDone = $task->get_PercentDone();
        print $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);
        print $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);
    print $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) {
    print "Task did not complete." . "\r\n";
    print "task status: " . $task->status() . "\r\n";

    exit;
}

# 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) {
    # The task's ResultErrorText contains what would have been in the LastErrorText property had
    # the SendEmail method been called synchronously.
    print $task->resultErrorText() . "\r\n";
}
else {
    print "Email sent asynchronously." . "\r\n";
}

$success = $mailman->CloseSmtpConnection();
if ($success != 1) {
    print "Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly." . "\r\n";

}