about acedSetStatusBarProgressMeter

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i do not know the Maximum position because i can not know the count until the caculating is completed. how to use acedSetStatusBarProgressMeter  in this case?

[tbrammer · Accepted solution]

That is not an ObjectARX question but a general algorithm question.
What do you expect the meter to show in this case?
You must find a way to estimate which percentage of current job is done. How you do this is completely up to you. ObjectARX can't help you with this task.

const int n=1000;
acedSetStatusBarProgressMeter(L"Calculating", 0, 100*n); 
while (working()) {
  double percentage = PercentDone(); // 0..100
  acedSetStatusBarProgressMeterPos((int)(n*percentage));
}

Depending on your PercentDone() function It may happen that the progress bar moves backwards sometimes.

Have a look at this article for some ideas how to handle this case.