Replacing the standard progress window

The progress window is shown during the following actions:

• running a report
• printing
• exporting

You may turn off the progress by setting the FastReport.Utils.Config.ReportSettings.ShowProgress property to false. Besides that, you may replace the standard progress window with your own. To do this, use the following events of the FastReport.Utils.Config.ReportSettings global class (see the "Configuring the FastReport environment" section):

Event	Description
StartProgress	Occurs once before the operation. In this event, you have to create your own progress window and show it.
Progress	Occurs each time when current report page is handled. In this event, you have to show the progress state in your window.
FinishProgress	Occurs once after the operation. In this event, you have to destroy the progress window.

The Progress event takes e parameter of ProgressEventArgs type. It has the following properties:

Property	Description
string Message	The message text.
int Progress	The index of current report page being handled.
int Total	The number of total pages in a report. This parameter may be 0 when preparing a report, because the number of total pages is unknown.

In most cases, you need to display the text from the e.Message property, in the Progress event handler. Other parameters may be useful if you want to display a progress bar.