How to make a new downloadBar

[Strike27208]

How i can create a new download bar becasue the original one are not triggered if i use "downloadFile " . I have this code for convert size : i need some help , what i need to use to make a download bar.

function sizeFormat(size)
	local size = tostring(size)
	if size:len() >= 4 then		
		if size:len() >= 7 then
			if size:len() >= 9 then
				local returning = size:sub(1, size:len()-9)
				if returning:len() <= 1 then
					returning = returning.."."..size:sub(2, size:len()-7)
				end
				return returning.." GB";
			else				
				local returning = size:sub(1, size:len()-6)
				if returning:len() <= 1 then
					returning = returning.."."..size:sub(2, size:len()-4)
				end
				return returning.." MB";
			end
		else		
			local returning = size:sub(1, size:len()-3)
			if returning:len() <= 1 then
				returning = returning.."."..size:sub(2, size:len()-1)
			end
			return returning.." KB";
		end
	else
		return size.." B";
	end
end

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Edited November 6, 2016 by Strike27208

[Gravestone]

Use fileGetSize?

[Bonsai]

I don't think you can get the current progress when using downloadFile function.

If you see servers with a custom downloadbar, they mostly use triggerLatentClientEvent to send data to the client.

And since you can get the state of a latent event handle, you always know how much % of the download is done.

[Strike27208]

Soo , how to do more exactly ? 

[Dealman]

Use triggerLatentClientEvent to transfer data(see fileOpen, fileRead, fileWrite, fileClose), since this is a latent event handler - it will not pause other traffic. Use getLatentEventStatus to get the progress, and then use dxDrawText and/or dxDrawRectangle as you please.

You can probably find some already made on the community, but I sincerely doubt you'll learn much if you try and salvage those for code. Start simple, go from there.

Edited November 7, 2016 by Dealman

[Dzsozi (h03)]

https://community.multitheftauto.com/index.php?p=resources&s=details&id=12000

Check out this scipts' client file, I think you can get the part you need from it.

[Strike27208]

Thanks Dzsozi , i will try.

[Strike27208]

On 11/7/2016 at 2:42 PM, Dealman said:

Use triggerLatentClientEvent to transfer data(see fileOpen, fileRead, fileWrite, fileClose), since this is a latent event handler - it will not pause other traffic. Use getLatentEventStatus to get the progress, and then use dxDrawText and/or dxDrawRectangle as you please.

You can probably find some already made on the community, but I sincerely doubt you'll learn much if you try and salvage those for code. Start simple, go from there.

Thansk Man !