ProgressBar does not update untill after work is done!

[John Hamman]

Hi, I have an import feature that I want to display progress while its running.
the import feature is located  in a MdiChild
the progress bar is located  in a radStatusStrip on the Parent form

here is the code I have and yet the Progress bar doesn't move untill after the loop is done.

int j = Textbox_InputText.Lines.Length;
(ss.Items[1] as RadProgressBarElement).Maximum = j;
int i;
            for (i = 0; i < j; i++)
            {
                ....Do import stuff


                //I tried .Value++ also and same results
                //(ss.Items[1] as RadProgressBarElement).Value1++;
                (ss.Items[1] as RadProgressBarElement).PerformStepValue1();
            
               

            }

PLEASE Help, I am extremely frustrated with this.

[Nikolay]

Hi John Hamman,

Thank you for writing.

After you call the PerformStepValue1(), you should call the Refresh() method of the RadStatusStrip. Your code should look like this:

for (i = 0; i < j; i++)
{
    ....Do import stuff

    (ss.Items[1] as RadProgressBarElement).PerformStepValue1();
    ss.Refresh();
}

I hope this helps. Please contact me if you have additional questions.

Greetings,
Nikolay
the Telerik team

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[Gal]

Hi I have been using this code to display message and progress while a long task is running BUT it only refreshes at the end making it pointless!  

private void statOnline_SetUp()

{

    RadLabelElement labelElement = new RadLabelElement();

    labelElement.Text = "Running...";

    CommandBarSeparator separator = new CommandBarSeparator();

    RadProgressBarElement progressBarElement = new RadProgressBarElement();

    progressBarElement.Text = "0";

    radStatusStrip1.Items.AddRange(new RadItem[] { labelElement, separator, progressBarElement });

    radStatusStrip1.Update();

    radStatusStrip1.Refresh();

    this.Refresh();

 

}

private void SetMessage(string myMessage, int FilePos, int FileTotal)

{

    if (radStatusStrip1 != null)

    {

        RadLabelElement labelElement = radStatusStrip1.Items[0] as RadLabelElement;

        RadProgressBarElement progressBarElement = radStatusStrip1.Items[2] as RadProgressBarElement;

        labelElement.Text = myMessage;

        progressBarElement.Minimum = 0;

        progressBarElement.Maximum = FileTotal;

        progressBarElement.Value1 = FilePos;

        progressBarElement.Step = 1;

        progressBarElement.PerformStepValue1();

        progressBarElement.Text = FilePos.ToString();

        progressBarElement.SmoothingMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.SmoothingMode.HighQuality;

        radStatusStrip1.Update();

        radStatusStrip1.Refresh();

 

    }

}

 

[Nikolay]

Hi Gal,

The behavior that you are observing is due to our layouts. They are asynchronous and in the case that you have they may not be updated at the exact time you need them. Therefore, you need to update them manually. Please consider the code snippet below which correctly updates the text of the label and the fill of the progress bar:

private void statOnline_SetUp()
{
    RadLabelElement labelElement = new RadLabelElement();
    labelElement.Text = "Running...";
    labelElement.AutoSize = true;
    CommandBarSeparator separator = new CommandBarSeparator();
    RadProgressBarElement progressBarElement = new RadProgressBarElement();
    progressBarElement.Text = "0";
    radStatusStrip1.Items.AddRange(new RadItem[] { labelElement, separator, progressBarElement });
}

private void SetMessage(string myMessage, int FilePos, int FileTotal)
{
    if (radStatusStrip1 != null)
    {
        RadLabelElement labelElement = radStatusStrip1.Items[0] as RadLabelElement;
        RadProgressBarElement progressBarElement = radStatusStrip1.Items[2] as RadProgressBarElement;
        labelElement.Text = myMessage;
        progressBarElement.Minimum = 0;
        progressBarElement.Maximum = FileTotal;
        progressBarElement.Value1 = FilePos;
        progressBarElement.Step = 1;
        progressBarElement.PerformStepValue1();
        progressBarElement.Text = FilePos.ToString();
        progressBarElement.SmoothingMode = System.Drawing.Drawing2D.SmoothingMode.HighQuality;
        radStatusStrip1.RootElement.UpdateLayout();
        radStatusStrip1.Refresh();
    }
}

The two important lines are at the bottom of the SetMessage method.

I hope this helps.
 
Regards,
Nikolay
the Telerik team