NAB: possibility to setup a progress bar that returns state/progress of launched pgm

[ThierryC]

Now, in NAB when calling an external program, in the additional details , we can specify the mask text and the location ( widget, application, portal) ..

but it would be good if also possibility were there to have a progress bar with text, that returns the progress of the program that is executing in the background.


(ps. in my case, i'm launching a batch program, that easily can take up a few minutes..)

[sean.lanktree]

Thank you for the suggestion. In the upcoming release, we are introducing an optional Node server that is used for Valence services (initially Git integration with NAB). This node service could be a good candidate for implementing your request since the node server could provide a 2 way socket connection to the browser.
That said, to achieve this functionality, the batch program you're running would still need to be updated to provide periodic status updates, which can then be captured and reflected in the progress bar.