public static void DoWorkWithProgressDialog(BloomWebSocketServer socketServer, string socketContext, Func <Form> makeDialog,
Func <IWebSocketProgress, bool> doWhat, Action <Form> doWhenMainActionFalse = null)
{
var progress = new WebSocketProgress(socketServer, socketContext);
// NOTE: This (specifically ShowDialog) blocks the main thread until the dialog is closed.
// Be careful to avoid deadlocks.
using (var dlg = makeDialog())
{
// For now let's not try to handle letting the user abort.
dlg.ControlBox = false;
var worker = new BackgroundWorker();
worker.DoWork += (sender, args) =>
{
// A way of waiting until the dialog is ready to receive progress messages
while (!socketServer.IsSocketOpen(socketContext))
{
Thread.Sleep(50);
}
bool waitForUserToCloseDialogOrReportProblems;
try
{
waitForUserToCloseDialogOrReportProblems = doWhat(progress);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// depending on the nature of the problem, we might want to do more or less than this.
// But at least this lets the dialog reach one of the states where it can be closed,
// and gives the user some idea things are not right.
socketServer.SendEvent(socketContext, "finished");
waitForUserToCloseDialogOrReportProblems = true;
progress.MessageWithoutLocalizing("Something went wrong: " + ex.Message, ProgressKind.Error);
}
// stop the spinner
socketServer.SendEvent(socketContext, "finished");
if (waitForUserToCloseDialogOrReportProblems)
{
// Now the user is allowed to close the dialog or report problems.
// (ProgressDialog in JS-land is watching for this message, which causes it to turn
// on the buttons that allow the dialog to be manually closed (or a problem to be reported).
socketServer.SendBundle(socketContext, "show-buttons", new DynamicJson());
}
else
{
// Just close the dialog
dlg.Invoke((Action)(() =>
{
if (doWhenMainActionFalse != null)
{
doWhenMainActionFalse(dlg);
}
else
{
dlg.Close();
}
}));
}
};
worker.RunWorkerAsync();
dlg.ShowDialog(); // returns when dialog closed
}
}
