- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- FUNCTION DESCRIPTIONS
  - MagickMonitor
  - SetMonitorHandler

## NAME

monitor - Progress monitor support

## SYNOPSIS

unsigned int MagickMonitor( const char *text, const magick_int64_t quantum, const magick_uint64_t span, ExceptionInfo *exception );

MonitorHandler SetMonitorHandler( MonitorHandler handler );

## FUNCTION DESCRIPTIONS

### MagickMonitor

> MagickMonitor() calls the monitor handler method with a text string that describes the task and a measure of completion. The method returns True on success otherwise False if an error is encountered, e.g. if there was a user interrupt.

The format of the MagickMonitor method is:

> unsigned int MagickMonitor ( const char *text, const magick_int64_t quantum, const magick_uint64_t span, ExceptionInfo *exception );

A description of each parameter follows:

  quantum:
    The position relative to the span parameter which represents how much progress has been made toward completing a task.

  span:
    The span relative to completing a task.

  exception:
    Return any errors or warnings in this structure.

### SetMonitorHandler

> SetMonitorHandler() sets the monitor handler to the specified method and returns the previous monitor handler.

The format of the SetMonitorHandler method is:

> MonitorHandler SetMonitorHandler ( MonitorHandler handler );

A description of each parameter follows:

  handler:
    Specifies a pointer to a method to handle monitors.