One
of our requirement was to execute a long running job in Sitecore Content Tree.
In many cases, we end up in Timed out error. Obviously we can increase request
timed out configuration. But Sitecore has a very good way of executing such
long running task in a ProgressBox.
ProgressBox.Execute(JobName,
JobTitle, ProgressBoxMethod, Params);
//Sitecore.Shell.Applications.Dialogs.ProgressBoxes
ProgressBox.Execute("Job
Name", "Job Title ", new ProgressBoxMethod(ExecuteOperation),
item);
This line of code will start progress box and the functionality will be executed in the ProgressBoxMethod.
protected void ExecuteOperation(params object[] parameters)
{
//Do the operations
//Logging for
the job
Sitecore.Context.Job.Status.Messages.Add("Logs for the job: JobName");
//Is the job done?
if (Sitecore.Context.Job.IsDone)
{
//On completing the job
}
}
By
using the progress box, the long running tasks are executed successfully
without getting any timed out errors. This has other methods to handle the queuing
asynchronously.
