Hook into Inventor process for progress

[NachoShaw]

Hey

Is there a way to hook into the inventor process for a progress feedback? Different models have different criteria and i'd like to properly report back instead of adding counters. An inventor model will provide a visual update in the bottom right but can we access that through API to use it ourselves?

Thanks

[jdasilvaS39UQ]

Yes, there is a built in ProgressBar object that will display on the bottom bar.

There is a good example in the API help menu "Using inventor's progress bars API sample"

' 64-bit version
Public Declare PtrSafe Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As LongLong)

' 32-bit version
'Public Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)

Public Sub TestDialogProgressBar()
    Dim iStepCount As Long
    iStepCount = 50

    ' Create a new ProgressBar object.
    Dim oProgressBar As ProgressBar
    Set oProgressBar = ThisApplication.CreateProgressBar(False, iStepCount, "Test Progress")

    ' Set the message for the progress bar
    oProgressBar.Message = "Executing some process"

    Dim i As Long
    For i = 1 To iStepCount
        ' Sleep 0.2 sec to simulate some process
        Sleep 200
        oProgressBar.Message = "Executing some process - " & i
        oProgressBar.UpdateProgress
    Next

    ' Terminate the progress bar.
    oProgressBar.Close
End Sub

Public Sub TestStatusBarProgressBar()
    Dim iStepCount As Long
    iStepCount = 50

    ' Create a new ProgressBar object.
    Dim oProgressBar As ProgressBar
    Set oProgressBar = ThisApplication.CreateProgressBar(True, iStepCount, "Test Progress")

    ' Set the message for the progress bar
    oProgressBar.Message = "Executing some process"

    Dim i As Long
    For i = 1 To iStepCount
        ' Sleep 0.2 sec to simulate some process
        Sleep 200
        oProgressBar.Message = "Executing some process - " & i
        oProgressBar.UpdateProgress
    Next

    ' Terminate the progress bar.
    oProgressBar.Close
End Sub

[NachoShaw]

Hi

That doesn't hook into a process. I'm looking to see if I can hook in rather that build my own process and post its progress to a progress bar.

[jdasilvaS39UQ]

Ah, sorry I misunderstood. I don't know how to get info from an existing process