Package Progress Reporting

You can report package execution progress to the user from the package scripts with the PowerShell cmdlet Write-Progress, here is an example:

Write-Progress -Id 217 -Activity 'Installing software' -Status "Copying files ..." -PercentComplete 50

The progress ID must be set to 217 to be displayed in the UI.

The example would display as following in the installer:

Here is complete example you can put into a package:

$ErrorActionPreference = 'stop'

function Install-Package($Context)
{
    $Idx = 0

    while($Idx -lt 100)
    {
        Write-Progress -Activity 'Installing software' -Id 217 -Status "Copying files ($Idx/100) ..." -PercentComplete $Idx

        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 100
        $Idx++
    }

    Write-Progress -Id 217 -Activity 'Installing software' -Status 'Complete' -Completed
}