Progress bar based on exe running process on task manager

Question

Hi Everyone,

I tried to code for progress bar based on running .exe file on the task manager.
If the file run, the progress bar will appear and when it done, the progress bar will finish.

Thank You very much for your help and answer

Best Regard

Answer 1

Hello @M Indra Ruslan

The following has a Timer enable, checks to see if an executable is running or not and sets the ProgressBar visible accordingly. The ProgressBar.Style is Marquee in this case. I tested this with an executable running and then stopped then started etc. The executable name is ChunkIncoming.exe residing in the following folder C:\Dotnetland\SIDES MPC.

Of course you can alter the logic in regards to .Visible to set the .Value and keep the ProgressBar visible rather than hide the progress bar.

Public Class Form1  
    Private Const ExecutablePath As String = "C:\Dotnetland\SIDES MPC"  
    Private Const ExecutableBaseName As String = "ChunkIncoming"  
    Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick  
        Dim process() As System.Diagnostics.Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(ExecutableBaseName)  
  
        If process.FirstOrDefault() Is Nothing Then  
            ProgressBar1.Visible = False  
        Else  
  
            Dim test = process.FirstOrDefault(Function(p) p.MainModule.FileName.StartsWith(ExecutablePath))  
  
            If test.HasExited Then  
                ProgressBar1.Visible = False  
            Else  
                If Not ProgressBar1.Visible Then  
                    ProgressBar1.Visible = True  
                End If  
            End If  
  
        End If  
    End Sub  
End Class  

Keep ProgressBar visible, show 100 percent done

Public Class Form1  
    Private Const ExecutablePath As String = "C:\OED\Dotnetland\SIDES MPC\Debug"  
    Private Const ExecutableBaseName As String = "ChunkIncomingTextFile"  
    Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick  
        Dim process() As Process = Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName(ExecutableBaseName)  
  
        If process.FirstOrDefault() Is Nothing Then  
            ProgressBar1.Visible = False  
        Else  
  
            Dim test = process.FirstOrDefault(Function(p) p.MainModule.FileName.StartsWith(ExecutablePath))  
  
            If test.HasExited Then  
                ProgressBar1.Style = ProgressBarStyle.Blocks  
                ProgressBar1.Value = 100  
                Timer1.Enabled = False  
            Else  
                If Not ProgressBar1.Visible Then  
                    ProgressBar1.Visible = True  
                End If  
            End If  
  
        End If  
    End Sub  
End Class  
  

Answer 2

If you mean the progress information to be displayed inside the taskbar icon of your program, then consider the TaskbarItemInfo, which is easier to use in WPF applications. Give more details about your needs.

Answer 3

Hi Viorel-1,

If I run the app, it will run another .exe file. The exe file will compute something during the process.
When the exe is running the progress bar should run as well and when finished calculating the progress bar will reach its maximum value.

I hope this is clear.

Thanks