monitor

Progress monitor support

Contents

MagickMonitor

Synopsis

MagickPassFail MagickMonitor( const char *text, const magick_int64_t quantum, const magick_uint64_t span, ExceptionInfo *exception );

Description

MagickMonitor() calls the monitor handler method with a text string that describes the task and a measure of completion. The method returns True on success otherwise False if an error is encountered, e.g. if there was a user interrupt.

The format of the MagickMonitor method is:

MagickPassFail MagickMonitor( const char *text, const magick_int64_t quantum, const magick_uint64_t span, ExceptionInfo *exception );

text:
Description of the task being performed.
quantum:
The position relative to the span parameter which represents how much progress has been made toward completing a task.
span:
The span relative to completing a task.
exception:
Return any errors or warnings in this structure.

MagickMonitorFormatted

Synopsis

MagickPassFail MagickMonitorFormatted( const magick_int64_t quantum, const magick_uint64_t span, ExceptionInfo *exception, const char *format, ... );

Description

MagickMonitorFormatted() calls the monitor handler method with a printf type format specification and variable argument list. Also passed are quantum and span values which provide a measure of completion. The method returns True on success otherwise False if an error is encountered, e.g. if there was a user interrupt.

The format of the MagickMonitorFormatted method is:

MagickPassFail MagickMonitorFormatted( const magick_int64_t quantum, const magick_uint64_t span, ExceptionInfo *exception, const char *format, ... );

quantum:
The position relative to the span parameter which represents how much progress has been made toward completing a task.
span:
The span relative to completing a task.
exception:
Return any errors or warnings in this structure.
format:
A string describing the format to use to write the remaining arguments.

SetMonitorHandler

Synopsis

MonitorHandler SetMonitorHandler( MonitorHandler handler );

Description

SetMonitorHandler() sets the monitor handler to the specified method and returns the previous monitor handler.

The format of the SetMonitorHandler method is:

MonitorHandler SetMonitorHandler( MonitorHandler handler );

A description of each parameter follows:

handler:
Specifies a pointer to a method to handle monitors.