[FREE] Unlock Seamless Background Operations: Introducing the Ultimate Asynchronous Task Extension

[Passos_0213]

New upgrade

The extension has been updated with new features and now includes a new documentary.

[RaYzZz (Gianluca Franco)]

Really excellent work
Thank you so much for your contribution, this update has a lot of potential

Question
What criteria is used to set the interval of the progressive task?
Is it one second, or is it based on some other factor?

[Passos_0213]

What is totalSteps in StartProgressiveTask?

totalSteps is NOT time - it’s the number of steps/stages in your task.

Simple Examples:

• Downloading 10 files → totalSteps = 10
• Uploading 50 photos → totalSteps = 50
• Processing 100 records → totalSteps = 100

How Progress Works:

call EnhancedAsynchronousTask1.StartProgressiveTask
    taskId: "my_task"
    totalSteps: 10  // Task has 10 steps

Progress is automatic:

• 1 step done → progress = 10%
• 5 steps done → progress = 50%
• 10 steps done → progress = 100%

Real Example:

// Upload 5 photos
call EnhancedAsynchronousTask1.StartProgressiveTask
    taskId: "photo_upload"
    totalSteps: 5

// Progress updates automatically
when EnhancedAsynchronousTask1.AsyncTaskProgressUpdated
    taskId: taskId
    progress: progress
    do set ProgressBar1.Progress to progress
    // Shows: 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, 100%

Quick Summary:

totalSteps = number of steps in your process
Progress = (steps done ÷ total steps) × 100
Perfect for operations with known “parts”

Time per step can vary - steps may take different durations, but progress increases steadily with each completed step.

[RaYzZz (Gianluca Franco)]

Thank you very much for the very detailed explanation

@Passos_0213

Time per step can vary

But based on what? Since I don’t interact with the task by telling it when I’ve finished an operation.

Isn’t it very similar to the behavior of a Repeating task using a variable that counts how many times it is triggered? Like in my example, I have a countdown set to 100 and at each trigger I could increase a ProgressBar.

Sorry to bother you, it’s just that it seems very interesting to me and I want to clearly understand in which context to use each option.

Thanks again

[Passos_0213]

The StartProgressiveTask command fires every 1000 ms for each step in totalSteps and calls the AsyncTaskProgressUpdated event.

[Xafer]

Happens nothing. What could be wrong?
error: “Task ID already exists: KalanMesafe_SplitList”

[Passos_0213]

You must ensure that every ID is unique. It would be good to implement a unique ID generator or use the extension block for this.

[Xafer]

asyncronTest.aia (67.4 KB)
I tried with just one procedure and one ID. But I receive the same error.

[RaYzZz (Gianluca Franco)]

Hi dear, simply you are not deleting the task, and when you call it again it gives you that error.
Try deleting the task in .AsyncTaskWithDelayCompleted.

Take a look here, I also created a simple function that generates a random ID.

[Xafer]

Thanks, I’ve tried again according to your example and sample AIA file. Yeah, it runs now.

[Ibrahim_Jamar]

@Xafer

independent procedures at different times?

How about adding the extension in your project twice? Have you tried

EnhancedAsynchronousTask1

EnhancedAsynchronousTask2

[Xafer]

I found this way:

[Xafer]

And what about the error: “validation”?

[RaYzZz (Gianluca Franco)]

I’m not familiar with this error.
When does it occur? Are you using the blocks you showed above?

[Xafer]

yes. But at the end everything was very complicated for me and I gave up.

[Ibrahim_Jamar]

@Xafer

I gave up.

You come from far, whats do you want to archive? Explain it in detailed

[Passos_0213]

Use the cleanup block on app startup.

[Xafer]

OK, thanks. I am working now. At the weekend I will try it so again.