Load and Save Progress Reporting and Cancellation

With GemBox.Document you can track the progress of long-running operations like loading and saving large documents, and you have the option to cancel them. Currently, the supported operations are loading DOCX files and saving DOCX, PDF, and image files. You can track the operations by handling the DocxLoadOptions.ProgressChanged, DocxSaveOptions.ProgressChanged, PdfSaveOptions.ProgressChanged, and ImageSaveOptions.ProgressChanged events.

The following example is a simple console application that shows the save progress of a large document.

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C#
VB.NET

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using System;
using GemBox.Document;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // If using the Professional version, put your serial key below
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");
        // Use Trial Mode
        ComponentInfo.FreeLimitReached += (eventSender, args) => args.FreeLimitReachedAction = FreeLimitReachedAction.ContinueAsTrial;

        Console.WriteLine("Creating document");

        // Create large document
        var document = new DocumentModel();
        var section = new Section(document);
        document.Sections.Add(section);
        for (var i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
            section.Blocks.Add(new Paragraph(document, i.ToString()));

        // Create save options
        var saveOptions = new DocxSaveOptions();
        saveOptions.ProgressChanged += (eventSender, args) =>
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Progress changed - {args.ProgressPercentage}%");
        };

        // Save document
        document.Save("document.docx", saveOptions);
    }
}

Imports GemBox.Document

Module Program

    Sub Main()

        ' If using the Professional version, put your serial key below
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")
        ' Use Trial Mode
        AddHandler ComponentInfo.FreeLimitReached,
            Sub(eventSender, args)
                args.FreeLimitReachedAction = FreeLimitReachedAction.ContinueAsTrial
            End Sub

        Console.WriteLine("Creating document")

        ' Create large document
        Dim document As New DocumentModel()
        Dim section As New Section(document)
        document.Sections.Add(section)
        For i As Integer = 0 To 10000
            section.Blocks.Add(New Paragraph(document, i.ToString()))
        Next

        ' Create save options
        Dim saveOptions = New DocxSaveOptions()
        AddHandler saveOptions.ProgressChanged,
            Sub(eventSender, args)
                Console.WriteLine($"Progress changed - {args.ProgressPercentage}%")
            End Sub

        ' Save document
        document.Save("document.docx", saveOptions)
    End Sub
End Module

Progress reporting in WPF

The ProgressChanged event is fired on the same thread that started the operation. Therefore, if the operation starts in the UI thread of a WPF application, the thread will be blocked. Because of that, the application won't show the changes made as a response to the fired event.

The following example shows how to use Tasks to run the load operation on a new thread and how to use the SynchronizationContext to make changes to the progress bar on the UI thread.

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XAML
C#
VB.NET

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<Window x:Class="MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="Progress reporting in WPF" Height="150" Width="300">
    <Grid>
        <ProgressBar HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="32" Margin="27,73,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="200" Name="progressBar"/>
        <Button x:Name="button" Content="Load" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="27,19,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="236" Height="36" Click="loadButton_Click"/>
        <Label x:Name="percentageLabel" Content="" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="239,77,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" RenderTransformOrigin="0.867,0.59"/>
    </Grid>
</Window>

using System.Windows;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using GemBox.Document;

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    public MainWindow()
    {
        // If using the Professional version, put your serial key below
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");
        // Use Trial Mode
        ComponentInfo.FreeLimitReached += (eventSender, args) => args.FreeLimitReachedAction = FreeLimitReachedAction.ContinueAsTrial;
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private async void loadButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        // Capture the current context on the UI thread
        var context = SynchronizationContext.Current;

        // Create load options
        var loadOptions = new DocxLoadOptions();
        loadOptions.ProgressChanged += (eventSender, args) =>
        {
            var percentage = args.ProgressPercentage;
            // Invoke on the UI thread
            context.Post(progressPercentage =>
            {
                // Update UI
                this.progressBar.Value = (int)progressPercentage;
                this.percentageLabel.Content = progressPercentage.ToString() + "%";
            }, percentage);
        };

        this.percentageLabel.Content = "0%";
        // Use tasks to run the load operation in a new thread
        var file = await Task.Run(() => DocumentModel.Load("%#LargeDocument.docx%", loadOptions));
    }
}

Imports System.Threading
Imports GemBox.Document

Class MainWindow

    Public Sub New()
        ' If using the Professional version, put your serial key below
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")
        ' Use Trial Mode
        AddHandler ComponentInfo.FreeLimitReached,
            Sub(eventSender, args)
                args.FreeLimitReachedAction = FreeLimitReachedAction.ContinueAsTrial
            End Sub
        InitializeComponent()
    End Sub

    Private Async Sub loadButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
        ' Capture the current context on the UI thread
        Dim context = SynchronizationContext.Current

        ' Create load options
        Dim loadOptions = New DocxLoadOptions()
        AddHandler loadOptions.ProgressChanged,
            Sub(eventSender, args)
                Dim percentage = args.ProgressPercentage
                ' Invoke on the UI thread
                context.Post(
                    Sub(progressPercentage)
                        ' Update UI
                        Me.progressBar.Value = CType(progressPercentage, Integer)
                        Me.percentageLabel.Content = progressPercentage.ToString() + "%"
                    End Sub, percentage)
            End Sub

        Me.percentageLabel.Content = "0%"
        ' Use tasks to run the load operation in a new thread
        Await Task.Run(
            Sub()
                DocumentModel.Load("%#LargeDocument.docx%", loadOptions)
            End Sub)
    End Sub
End Class

Progress reporting in Windows Forms

Similarly to WPF, to show the progress of an operation in the UI, it is necessary to run the process on a separate thread and report the changes on the UI thread.

The example below shows how to display the progress of a load operation in the progress bar.

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C#
VB.NET

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using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using GemBox.Document;

public partial class MainForm : Form
{
    public MainForm()
    {
        // If using the Professional version, put your serial key below
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");
        // Use Trial Mode
        ComponentInfo.FreeLimitReached += (eventSender, args) => args.FreeLimitReachedAction = FreeLimitReachedAction.ContinueAsTrial;
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private async void loadButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        // Capture the current context on the UI thread
        var context = SynchronizationContext.Current;

        // Create load options
        var loadOptions = new DocxLoadOptions();
        loadOptions.ProgressChanged += (eventSender, args) =>
        {
            var percentage = args.ProgressPercentage;
            // Invoke on the UI thread
            context.Post(progressPercentage =>
            {
                // Update UI
                this.progressBar.Value = (int)progressPercentage;
                this.percentageLabel.Text = progressPercentage.ToString() + "%";
            }, percentage);
        };

        this.percentageLabel.Text = "0%";
        // Use tasks to run the load operation in a new thread
        var file = await Task.Run(() => DocumentModel.Load("%#LargeDocument.docx%", loadOptions));
    }
}

Imports System.Threading
Imports GemBox.Document

Public Class MainForm
    Public Sub New()
        ' If using the Professional version, put your serial key below
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")
        ' Use Trial Mode
        AddHandler ComponentInfo.FreeLimitReached,
            Sub(eventSender, args)
                args.FreeLimitReachedAction = FreeLimitReachedAction.ContinueAsTrial
            End Sub
        InitializeComponent()
    End Sub

    Private Async Sub LoadButton_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles LoadButton.Click
        ' Capture the current context on the UI thread
        Dim context = SynchronizationContext.Current

        ' Create load options
        Dim loadOptions = New DocxLoadOptions()
        AddHandler loadOptions.ProgressChanged,
            Sub(eventSender, args)
                Dim percentage = args.ProgressPercentage
                ' Invoke on the UI thread
                context.Post(
                    Sub(progressPercentage)
                        ' Update UI
                        Me.ProgressBar.Value = CType(progressPercentage, Integer)
                        Me.PercentageLabel.Text = progressPercentage.ToString() + "%"
                    End Sub, percentage)
            End Sub

        Me.PercentageLabel.Text = "0%"
        ' Use tasks to run the load operation in a new thread
        Await Task.Run(
            Sub()
                DocumentModel.Load("%#LargeDocument.docx%", loadOptions)
            End Sub)
    End Sub
End Class

Cancellation

By handling the ProgressChanged event in SaveOptions or LoadOptions, GemBox.Document gives you the ability to cancel the ongoing operation.

The following example shows how to cancel the saving of a document in a console application after a specific time.

C#
VB.NET

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using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using GemBox.Document;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        // If using the Professional version, put your serial key below
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");
        // Use Trial Mode
        ComponentInfo.FreeLimitReached += (eventSender, args) => args.FreeLimitReachedAction = FreeLimitReachedAction.ContinueAsTrial;

        // Create document
        var document = new DocumentModel();
        var section = new Section(document);
        document.Sections.Add(section);
        for (var i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
            section.Blocks.Add(new Paragraph(document, i.ToString()));

        var stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
        stopwatch.Start();

        // Create save options
        var saveOptions = new DocxSaveOptions();
        saveOptions.ProgressChanged += (sender, args) =>
        {
            // Cancel operation after five seconds
            if (stopwatch.Elapsed.Seconds >= 5)
                args.CancelOperation();
        };

        try
        {
            document.Save("Cancellation.docx", saveOptions);
            Console.WriteLine("Operation fully finished");
        }
        catch(OperationCanceledException)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Operation was cancelled");
        }
    }
}

Imports System
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports GemBox.Document

Module Program

    Sub Main()

        ' If using the Professional version, put your serial key below
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")
        ' Use Trial Mode
        AddHandler ComponentInfo.FreeLimitReached,
            Sub(eventSender, args)
                args.FreeLimitReachedAction = FreeLimitReachedAction.ContinueAsTrial
            End Sub

        ' Create document
        Dim document As New DocumentModel()
        Dim section As New Section(document)
        document.Sections.Add(section)
        For i As Integer = 0 To 10000
            section.Blocks.Add(New Paragraph(document, i.ToString()))
        Next

        Dim stopwatch = New Stopwatch()
        stopwatch.Start()

        ' Create save options
        Dim saveOptions = New DocxSaveOptions()
        AddHandler saveOptions.ProgressChanged,
            Sub(eventSender, args)
                ' Cancel operation after five seconds
                If stopwatch.Elapsed.Seconds >= 5 Then
                    args.CancelOperation()
                End If
            End Sub

        Try
            document.Save("Cancellation.docx", saveOptions)
            Console.WriteLine("Operation fully finished")
        Catch ex As OperationCanceledException
            Console.WriteLine("Operation was cancelled")
        End Try
    End Sub
End Module

Cancellation in WPF

The example below shows how to implement a button in WPF that cancels the load operation.

XAML
C#
VB.NET

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<Window x:Class="MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="Cancellation in WPF" Height="200" Width="350">
    <Grid>
        <Button x:Name="loadButton" Content="Start Loading" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="57,31,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="228" Height="31" Click="loadButton_Click" />
        <Button x:Name="cancelButton" Content="Cancel" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="57,111,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="228" Height="32" Click="cancelButton_Click" />
        <ProgressBar HorizontalAlignment="Left" Height="25" Margin="57,73,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="228" Name="progressBar" />
    </Grid>
</Window>

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using GemBox.Document;

public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    private volatile bool cancellationRequested;

    public MainWindow()
    {
        // If using the Professional version, put your serial key below
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");
        // Use Trial Mode
        ComponentInfo.FreeLimitReached += (eventSender, args) => args.FreeLimitReachedAction = FreeLimitReachedAction.ContinueAsTrial;
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private async void loadButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        // Capture the current context on the UI thread
        var context = SynchronizationContext.Current;

        var loadOptions = new DocxLoadOptions();
        loadOptions.ProgressChanged += (eventSender, args) =>
        {
            // Show progress
            context.Post(progressPercentage => this.progressBar.Value = (int)progressPercentage, args.ProgressPercentage);

            // Cancel if requested
            if (this.cancellationRequested)
                args.CancelOperation();
        };

        try
        {
            var file = await Task.Run(() => DocumentModel.Load("%#LargeDocument.docx%", loadOptions));
        }
        catch (OperationCanceledException)
        {
            // Operation cancelled
        }
    }

    private void cancelButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        this.cancellationRequested = true;
    }
}

Imports System.Threading
Imports GemBox.Document

Class MainWindow

    Private Property cancellationRequested As Boolean

    Public Sub New()
        ' If using the Professional version, put your serial key below
        ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")
        ' Use Trial Mode
        AddHandler ComponentInfo.FreeLimitReached,
            Sub(eventSender, args)
                args.FreeLimitReachedAction = FreeLimitReachedAction.ContinueAsTrial
            End Sub

        InitializeComponent()
    End Sub

    Private Async Sub loadButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) Handles loadButton.Click
        ' Capture the current context on the UI thread
        Dim context = SynchronizationContext.Current

        ' Create load options
        Dim loadOptions = New DocxLoadOptions()
        AddHandler loadOptions.ProgressChanged,
            Sub(eventSender, args)
                ' Show progress
                context.Post(
                    Sub(progressPercentage)
                        Me.progressBar.Value = CType(progressPercentage, Integer)
                    End Sub, args.ProgressPercentage)

                ' Cancel if requested
                If Me.cancellationRequested Then
                    args.CancelOperation()
                End If
            End Sub

        Try
            Dim file = Await Threading.Tasks.Task.Run(
                Function() As DocumentModel
                    Return DocumentModel.Load("%#LargeDocument.docx%", loadOptions)
                End Function)
        Catch ex As OperationCanceledException
            ' Operation cancelled
        End Try
    End Sub

    Private Sub cancelButton_Click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs) Handles cancelButton.Click
        Me.cancellationRequested = True
    End Sub
End Class

Next steps

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Load and Save Progress Reporting and Cancellation

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