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Hi,
I am executing the batch file with Process.Start(); I want to show the progress bar to the user. As it take so much time, so the user should get that its working, otherwise it seems to be hanged out.
(Note: Currently I m showing status label as process is running, but its not look good.)
Please advise me for the same.
My mail id: nitin.jenekar@gmail.com
modified on Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:49 AM
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Just add a progress bar to your form. If you want your UI to remain responsive you can hook it up to a background worker like I've done here[^].
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But batch file and windows form's progess bar/ marquee are two different process. How to run both simultaneously. As when batch process gets started, it freezes other processes.
Regards,
Nitin Jenekar
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Start the batch file in the DoWork event handler
DaveBTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)
Visual Basic is not used by normal people so we're not covering it here. (Uncyclopedia)
Why are you using VB6? Do you hate yourself? (Christian Graus)
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Its not as easy to implement for me. Please guide me more.
As I have tried to execute the batch file from DoWork, its not doing whatever is desired.
My batch process runs for minimum 20-30 min.
On button click, I am runnnig following code.
Please let me know how to execute the progress bar in parallel to this.
string filePath = txtPath.Text + "\\UploadTemplates.bat";
Process proc = new Process();
proc.StartInfo.FileName = filePath;
proc.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = txtbinPath.Text;
proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = true;
proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
proc.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
proc.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized;
// Start the process
string startTime = DateTime.Now.ToString();
proc.Start();
// Attach the output for reading
StreamReader sOut = proc.StandardOutput;
// Close the process
proc.Close();
// Read the sOut to a string.
string results = sOut.ReadToEnd().Trim();
//sOut.Close();
string endTime = DateTime.Now.ToString();
sw = File.CreateText(txtbinPath.Text + "\\UploadResult.txt");
sw.WriteLine("Process started at :" + startTime);
sw.WriteLine(results);
sw.WriteLine("Process completed at :" + endTime);
sw.Close();
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Personally I don't think there's an acceptable solution to doing that. Progress bars tell you how far through an operation you are. How do we know? It depends on how large your batch file is and where you are through it. How do you know that?
Although you could kludge something together personally I would bother. Just use some sort of animated gif or something to give the user the idea that something is happening and will one day complete.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Rob Philpott wrote: Personally I don't think there's an acceptable solution to doing that. Progress bars tell you how far through an operation you are. How do we know?
Have you used progressbars before? Doing a quick count of the number of Lines in your file and then passing that to the progressbar.Maximum gives you the number of lines you are processing.
<br />
string line = sr.ReadLine();<br />
while (line != null)<br />
{<br />
line = sr.ReadLine();<br />
lineCount++;<br />
}<br />
sr.Close();<br />
lineTot = lineCount;<br />
Once you have the total number of lines you can pass that through to the ProgressBar.Maximum.
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progressBar1.Minimum = 0;<br />
progressBar1.Maximum = lineTot;<br />
Your answer seem to indicate that it is impossible to do and not worth it. I have implimented this in about less than 10 lines of code.
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
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But the OP isn't reading lines from a file -- instead, they are running an external process (a batch file), which is quite different.
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Yeah, thanks for that invaluable info. So now you've set the minimum and maximum how are you going to update the control as a batch file in a seperate process executes exactly?
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Exactly the same what I like to say. As its a different process, when the batch file execution get starts, it freezes all other process.
I have tried BackgroundWorker, but its not working in case of a batch file. It works for other simple processes.
Some one suggested to use Thread pool for this, I am trying with it.
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What does your batch job do? Do you have some sample code to look at? It is probably best to use Threading.
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
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A progress bar should show progress, so the first thing to do is answer the question: how do you measure and quantify progress? what is going to provide this information?
it depends on the action(s) going on, of which you told us nothing.
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Not a compulsion to use a progress bar, I could use Marquee instead of it. My only moto is to show something is running, to know the user that the system has not stopped working.
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As far as I can see from the previous replies, the only valid way to use a ProgressBar would be to set its style to ProgressBarStyle.Marquee. This would indicate that something is happening, without the requirement to measure progress.
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Ya,Thanks. I am satisfied with you. I dont have any problem for using marquee, but the question is how to implement this?
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Add the ProgressBar to the Form, or a StatusProgressBar to the StatusBar, then in the Properties Window set the Style property to Marquee. The marquee effect should start right away, in the designer. So to turn it on and off at the right times change the Style property, in your code. To marquee to start it, and to block (and set value = maximum) to stop it.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Thanks, But I dont have any problem in using Marquee. I know how to implement marquee, also with the help of toolStripProgressBar.
But the concern is, execution of a batch file is a diferent process, which will freezes other processes, like progressbar or toolStripProgressBar. Please guide me for that, if u can.
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Ah, now I understand.
I'm afraid that I don't have a solution for that. I hope someone else is able to help you though.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Hi Henry,
No problem if u dont have a solution.
Thanks for ur contribution. I will definitely let u know, if I will get the solution of it.
Have a Nice Time.
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Regards,
Nitin Jenekar
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Hi Friends,
Finally I have implemented this using ThreadPool class.
We can process the jobs in parallel using thread pools. I have used the built-in framework ThreadPool class, for running the batch process and updating a ProgressBar.
Here I used the marquee style of ProgressBar, as its not possible to count the time required for executing the batch file in advance(as the size/functionality of batch file may vary).
Following is the code for the reference:
public partial class Upload : Form
{
// Delegate that runs on the UI thread to update the progress bar.
public delegate void ProgressBarDelegate();
//statusFlag for the functioning of Progress bar
int statusFlag = 0;
// On buttom click, launch a new thread
private void btnRun_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
progressBar1.Visible = true;
ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(new WaitCallback(ProcessFile));
}
private void ProcessFile(object a)
{
#region execute a batch file
//Reading the location of batch file
filePath = txtPath.Text + "\\Upload.bat";
try
{
Process proc = new Process();
ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo();
proc.StartInfo.FileName = filePath;
proc.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = txtPath.Text;
proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = true;
proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
proc.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
proc.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized;
//Start the process
string startTime = DateTime.Now.ToString();
proc.Start();
//Close the process
proc.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//Handles the exception
return;
}
#endregion
MessageBox.Show("Process completed !");
//Changing the flag for stopping the progress bar
statusFlag = 1;
#region Invoke the ProgressBarDelegate
try
{
// Invoke the delegate on the form.
this.Invoke(new ProgressBarDelegate(IncrementBar));
}
catch
{
//Handles the exception
return;
}
#endregion
}
private void IncrementBar()
{
if (statusFlag == 1)
{
progressBar1.Visible = false;
}
}
}
Enjoy the programming... 
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I want to get a copy of PDF file (from temporary internet files) which is opened on IE?
For this I was using
GetUrlCacheEntryInfo(String lpxaUrlName, IntPtr lpCacheEntryInfo, ref int lpdwCacheEntryInfoBufferSize);
this has been given in http://theagussantoso.blogspot.com/2008/11/get-temporary-internet-explorer-files.html
I get the error ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND when I was trying to get the realpath of the PDF file opened on browser?
How can I do this?
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Which class within the .Net framework can I make use of to gain access to a remote client. I do have the user name and password, but require a class / method to gain access to the client PC.
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How to do unit test on private method and event handler? and how to test on method that does not return anything (void)? not using assert?
Can someone provide example?
Thank you!
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Hi,
If i want to test on event handler, how can i initialize the value to?
fyi,i'm using unit testing features in vsts2008
For example,
private void txtDate_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
{
// Numbers, slash only
if ((e.KeyChar >= '0' && e.KeyChar <= '9') || (int) e.KeyChar == 8 || e.KeyChar == '/')
{
e.Handled = false;
}
else if ((int) e.KeyChar == 13)
{
txtMiles.Focus();
}
else
{
e.Handled = true;
}
}
(auto generated when i create unit testing)
[Test Method]
public void txtDate_KeyPressTest()
{
frmMileage_Accessor target = new frmMileage_Accessor(); // TODO: Initialize to an appropriate value
object sender = null; // TODO: Initialize to an appropriate value
KeyPressEventArgs e = null; // TODO: Initialize to an appropriate value
target.txtDate_KeyPress(sender, e);
}
modified on Friday, April 24, 2009 3:25 AM
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