The UpdateProgressBar method updates the value of the progress bar in the Reports Explorer status bar. This can be used to inform the user of the progress of a long-running script. The progress bar doesn't display unless the value is non-zero.

Syntax

UpdateProgressBar(Percentage as Numeric)

Parameters
Percentage
The percentage value to display (for example, 50 for a process that is half done).

Return Value
None.

Example
This example updates the progress bar as a script executes.

Visual FoxPro

* do some processing here
SQApplication.UpdateProgressBar(25)
* do some processing here
SQApplication.UpdateProgressBar(50)
* do some processing here
SQApplication.UpdateProgressBar(75)
* do some processing here
SQApplication.UpdateProgressBar(100)
* Hide the progress bar.
SQApplication.UpdateProgressBar(0)

VBScript

function Main(Application)
' do some processing here
SQApplication.UpdateProgressBar(25)
* do some processing here
SQApplication.UpdateProgressBar(50)
* do some processing here
SQApplication.UpdateProgressBar(75)
* do some processing here
SQApplication.UpdateProgressBar(100)
* Hide the progress bar.
SQApplication.UpdateProgressBar(0)
end function

JavaScript

function Main(Application) {
// do some processing here
Application.UpdateProgressBar(25) ;
// do some processing here
Application.UpdateProgressBar(50) ;
// do some processing here
Application.UpdateProgressBar(75) ;
// do some processing here
Application.UpdateProgressBar(100) ;
// Hide the progress bar.
Application.UpdateProgressBar(0) ;
}

See Also
Application Object | ShowStatus