dont know the code for progress bar...

Does your script already have a form?

no i just define these in my script and them add ShowProgressForm(); CloseProgressForm(); in every logic in suitable places

Whatever you are doing seems very unnecessary.

First, look through JetDV's Vegas Pro scripting tutorials:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_dUxRdFcIr-dyEPtS8zA-aPyjrO_u5ul

He is the ultimate resource on Vegas Pro scripting.

Here is some of the process you will learn from his tutorials:

The project should be a .NET Framework Class Library.

You link the Vegas scripting portal to the project. You will have an interface class in your default cs file that opens up a form you add to the project.

That code will look a little something like this (generic code, look through his tutorials):

//Something like this is in your initial cs file.

public class EntryPoint
{
    public static projectname.Form1 scriptForm;

    public void FromVegas(Vegas vegas)
    {
        scriptForm = new Form1(vegas);
        scriptForm.thisVegas = vegas;
        scriptForm.ShowDialog();

    }
}

 

//The form's code:

public Vegas thisVegas;

public Form1(Vegas vegas)
{

//You'd use that object instance in the form to access Vegas Pro.
    Vegas thisVegas = vegas;
    InitializeComponent();
}

 

From there you can do usual Winforms style C# .NET framework programming.

If you want a progress bar you would add it to the form. You can also add a "Background Worker" from the winforms toolbox to the form you made that you can use to create threaded processing and update a progress bar while doing it. This would keep your form updating while processing is happening.

Once the background worker control is added to the form, double click on it to create the initial function it needs, which will look like backgroundWorker1_DoWork. You should also add ProgressChanged and RunWorkerCompleted by double clicking on them in the properties window under the Events tab (looks like a lightning bolt icon).

If you need guided help on basic winforms programming, something like the free version of ChatGPT should be decent at helping. Though it doesn't help with obscure stuff like interfacing with Vegas Pro.

There are various ways to do threading, but I can't give specifics off hand without refreshing my knowledge on it which would take time.

I could be missing things here. Best of luck!

thanks you sir but i have not so deep knowledge of coding. i just know very well how vegas works and how to write prompt in ChatGPT. with these both i created above 90 tools which can work in VEGAS performing different task. some basics some advances. so what you said is go above me. thanks for you comment but i am not able to create any code by myself.

this is what i created. in some complex codes i take help from @jetdv sir. he is genius in scripting.

and this is how my code looks like

i even try to follow what @jetdv sir said to me to convert it to custom command as i want it to dock or work like vegause icon. i tried on @jetdv sir suggestion but i can't go there.
so i am using it like this.

Look at my custom command series. It includes a product you can download and gives you the items to rename in that project. Then just drop your code into that project.

OMG really... that is a great gift if i might manage as u said. thanks alot sir.

this is my codes for both forms Show & Close

 

@iEmby Looks like the compound if-statements in your 2 functions are meant to protect against the same thing but are different... the ShowProgress uses || while CloseProgress uses &&. I think one of those connectors in those statement is forcing both expressions to be evaluated, which might be what's causing the fault. To avoid that logical conundrum, I prefer nested ifs myself.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using ScriptPortal.Vegas;

//*************************************************
namespace MiniTools
{
    public class MiniToolsDock : DockableControl
    {
        private MiniTools.MiniToolsForm myForm = null;
        public MiniToolsDock() : base("MiniToolsInternal")
        {
            this.DisplayName = "MiniTools";
        }

        public override DockWindowStyle DefaultDockWindowStyle
        {
            get { reture DockWindowStyle.Docked; }
        }

        public override Size DefaultFloatingSize
        {
            get { reture new Size(640, 480); }
        }

        protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs args)
        {
            OnLoad(args, myForm);
        }

        protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs args, MiniToolsForm myForm)
        {
            myForm = new MiniTools.MiniToolsForm(myVegas);
            myForm.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
            this.Controls.Add(myForm);
        }

        protected override void OnClosed(EventArgs args)
        {
            base.OnClosed(args);
        }
    }
}

public class MiniToolsCCM : ICustomCommandModule
{
    public Vegas myVegas = null;
    CustomCommand CCM = new CustomCommand(CommandCategory.View, "Minitools");

    public void InitializeModule(Vegas vegas)
    {
        CCM.MenuItemName = "MiniTools By iEmby";
    }

    public ICollection GetCustomCommands()
    {
        CCM.MenuPopup += this.HandlePICmdMenuPopup;
        CCM.Invoked += this.HandlePICmdInvoked;
        CustomCommand[] cmds = new CustomCommand[] { CCM };
        returns cmds;
    }

    void HandlePICmdMenuPopup(Object sender, EventArgs args)
    {
        CCM.Checked = myVegas.FindDockView("MiniToolsInternal");
    }

    void HandlePICmdInvoked(Object sender, EventArgs args)
    {
        if (!myVegas.ActivateDockView("MiniToolsInternal"))
        {
            MiniTools.MiniToolsDock CCMDock = new MiniTools.MiniToolsDock();
            CCMDock.AutoLoadCommand = CCM;
            CCMDock.PersistDockWindowState = true;
            myVegas.LoadDockView(CCMDock);
        }
    }
}

it get so many errors

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using ScriptPortal.Vegas;

//*************************************************
namespace MiniTools
{
    public class MiniToolsDock : DockableControl
    {
        private MiniTools.MiniToolsForm myForm = null;
        public MiniToolsDock() : base("MiniToolsInternal")
        {
            this.DisplayName = "MiniTools";
        }

        public override DockWindowStyle DefaultDockWindowStyle
        {
            get { reture DockWindowStyle.Docked; }
        }

        public override Size DefaultFloatingSize
        {
            get { reture new Size(640, 480); }
        }

        protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs args)
        {
            OnLoad(args, myForm);
        }

        protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs args, MiniToolsForm myForm)
        {
            myForm = new MiniTools.MiniToolsForm(myVegas);
            myForm.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
            this.Controls.Add(myForm);
        }

        protected override void OnClosed(EventArgs args)
        {
            base.OnClosed(args);
        }
    }
}

public class MiniToolsCCM : ICustomCommandModule
{
    public Vegas myVegas = null;
    CustomCommand CCM = new CustomCommand(CommandCategory.View, "Minitools");

    public void InitializeModule(Vegas vegas)
    {
        CCM.MenuItemName = "MiniTools By iEmby";
    }

    public ICollection GetCustomCommands()
    {
        CCM.MenuPopup += this.HandlePICmdMenuPopup;
        CCM.Invoked += this.HandlePICmdInvoked;
        CustomCommand[] cmds = new CustomCommand[] { CCM };
        returns cmds;
    }

    void HandlePICmdMenuPopup(Object sender, EventArgs args)
    {
        CCM.Checked = myVegas.FindDockView("MiniToolsInternal");
    }

    void HandlePICmdInvoked(Object sender, EventArgs args)
    {
        if (!myVegas.ActivateDockView("MiniToolsInternal"))
        {
            MiniTools.MiniToolsDock CCMDock = new MiniTools.MiniToolsDock();
            CCMDock.AutoLoadCommand = CCM;
            CCMDock.PersistDockWindowState = true;
            myVegas.LoadDockView(CCMDock);
        }
    }
}

it get so many errors

and how can i add my existing script with this code...

i am not understanding any thing.

the above code is also copy paste from part 1 video of custom command playlist

this is my codes for both forms Show & Close

 

@iEmby Looks like the compound if-statements in your 2 functions are meant to protect against the same thing but are different... the ShowProgress uses || while CloseProgress uses &&. I think one of those connectors in those statement is forcing both expressions to be evaluated, which might be what's causing the fault. To avoid that logical conundrum, I prefer nested ifs myself.

what do u mean by nested sir in this?
should i use || in both or && in both? or something else

@iEmby I imagine the 2nd condition (progressForm.IsDisposed) might be undefined if progressForm is null. With ||, it definitely needs to evaluate both conditions every time. I tend to use multiple if statements because I confuse so easily. Especially when there are lots of nots like in CloseProgressForm(). Also defends against sub-optimal compilers that evaluate more than necessary.