Question

I have a file in php that downloads a file and extracts it contents. I now execute that file periodically by creating a batch file and assigning it to the scheduler. How will i be able to popup a progress bar that shows the status of the task file like downloading, extracting and so on…. I need to show the progress bar only when the task executes, say @ 6 pm daily…

like this: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/scripting/loadingbox/load1.JPG

Answer 1

the code for adding a description-text to the progressbar (if you need)

  <style>
      .ui-progressbar-text{
        width:100%;
        position:relative;
        top:-17px;
        text-align:center;
      }
  </style>
  <script>
  $(document).ready(function() {
    $("#progressbar").progressbar()
      .append('<div class="ui-progressbar-text" ></div>');
  </script>

the script wo request the text-file ever 200ms:

window.setInterval(function(){
  $.get('currenttask.txt', function(data) {
    $('#progressbar')
      .progressbar({value: data.split(";")[0]}) //update the progressbar-value
      .find('.ui.progressbar-text') //update the progressbar-description
        .html(data.split(";")[1])
        .end()
      ;
  });
},200);

the text-file:

--begin of file
"30;extracting"
--end of file

the php-script creates the text-file with one line who contains a value and a text who represent the current executing task.