Monitoring a FileMaker Post

[Dave Cragg]

On 6 Jul 2007, at 21:59, Gregory Lypny wrote:

> But because I'm often extracting hundreds, if not thousands, of  
> records with as many as 80 fields, the process can take up to a  
> minute (life's tough, eh?).  I'd like some feedback on the status  
> of the connection and the extraction as it's progressing so that I  
> know that it hasn't died or gone off into outer space.  I noticed  
> that there are many libURL commands in the documentation, and I'd  
> appreciate any suggestions as to how to approach this.

Take a look at libUrlSetStatusCallback. However, if the delay takes  
place while Filemaker is gathering its data rather than returning it,  
you may not see much activity. But if it's constantly returning data  
during that minute, you can monitor the progress.

Cheers
Dave