Create a TaskMonitor that displays progress in the status bar

[cyberkaida]

I have a long running task the user can start from a context menu. I'd like to have the task monitored with a progress bar like the auto analysis, but I can't find the right way to get a TaskMonitor to appear in the status bar. I can get the crunching bits, or no notification (using a background task), but I would really like visual feedback that the background task is running. Can someone point me to the right monitor type to use from my extension?

[dragonmacher]

There is a method on PluginTool that allows you to do this:

public <T extends DomainObject> void executeBackgroundCommand(BackgroundCommand<T> cmd, T obj)

Assuming you are in a plugin, the plugin has access to the plugin tool. The BackgroundCommand class should be fairly straight-forward to use.

[cyberkaida]

I will try this again. I think I had another issue causing me to block the swing thread. I'll double check I'm not making a blocking call after scheduling the background task.