The Progress object lets you show a progress bar to the template user when CodeSmith is rendering the template. This is useful when a template takes a long time to render, as it provides a visual cue to the user that CodeSmith has not ceased responding. If you're using CodeSmith Explorer, the progress bar is displayed to the left of the Generate button:
If you're using CodeSmith Explorer, the progress bar is displayed in the status bar, to the left of the line and column indicators:
To use the Progress object, you'll typically set the maximum value and the amount of change represented by one progress step:
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