Provide Status Updates for Long Running Operation Jobs - Part II

Following on from Part I that showed a simple way to give users some feedback on the progress status of long running jobs - here is the same code, this time running in an .aspx page. To run ASP.NET server side code you'll need to add a PageParserPath node to your web.config as covered here.

As before, make sure that your site collection includes a list named 'Long Running Operation Status' at the root web. This list is created when you install the Office SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature at the Site Collection Features level.

<%@ Page language="C#" MasterPageFile="~masterurl/default.master"    Inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPartPage,Microsoft.SharePoint,Version=12.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" meta:progid="SharePoint.WebPartPage.Document" %>
<%@ Assembly Name="Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c"%>
<%@ Import Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.Internal" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities" %>
<script runat="server">
    const string PROGRESS_PAGE_URL = "/_layouts/LongRunningOperationProgress.aspx";

    public void StartJob(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
        SPWeb web = SPContext.GetContext(this.Context).Web;
        LongRunningJob longRunningJob = new LongRunningJob();
        longRunningJob.Title = "Demo Long Running Job";
        longRunningJob.TotalOperationsToBePerformed = 15;
        longRunningJob.RedirectWhenFinished = true;
        longRunningJob.NavigateWhenDoneUrl = SPContext.GetContext(this.Context).List.RootFolder.ServerRelativeUrl;
        longRunningJob.Start(web);
        string url = string.Format("{0}{1}?JobId={2}", web.Url, PROGRESS_PAGE_URL, longRunningJob.JobId);
        SPUtility.Redirect(url, SPRedirectFlags.Default, this.Context);
    }
    
    class LongRunningJob : LongRunningOperationJob
    {
        public override void DoWork()
        {
            for (this.OperationsPerformed = 0; this.OperationsPerformed < this.TotalOperationsToBePerformed; this.OperationsPerformed++)
            {
             //Do your work here
                this.StatusDescription = string.Format("im in ur long running job, doing ur work {0} of {1}...", this.OperationsPerformed, this.TotalOperationsToBePerformed);
                this.UpdateStatus();
                System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000);
            }
        }
    }
</script>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderId="PlaceHolderMain" runat="server">
<asp:Button runat="server" OnClick="StartJob" Text="Start Job" id="Button1"/>

</asp:Content>