Initializes a progress bar.
newPB(
title,
label,
min = 0,
max = 1,
initial = 0,
steps = 21,
width,
style,
char = "=",
file = "",
...
)pb an object of class `IFC_progress` containing a progress bar of class `txtProgressBar`, `winProgressBar` or `Progress`.
character strings, giving the 'title'(='message' for shiny progress bar) and the 'label'(='detail' for shiny progress bar).
(finite) numeric values for the extremes of the progress bar. Must have 'min' < 'max'.
initial value for the progress bar.
(finite) numeric value for the number of individual chunk of the progress bar. Default is 21.
the width of the progress bar. If missing, the default, will be NA for "txtProgressBar" and 300 for "winProgressBar".
does not apply for "winProgressBar", the style of the bar. If missing, the default, will be 3 "txtProgressBar" and getShinyOption("progress.style", default = "notification") for shiny progress bar.
only apply for "txtProgressBar", the character (or character string) to form the progress bar.
only apply for "txtProgressBar", an open connection object or "" which indicates the console: stderr() might be useful here. Default is "".
Other arguments to be passed.
shiny progress bar will be available only if shiny package is found and within a shiny app.