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Calling setInterval multiple times then Clearing interval , polling not stopped

As my loop is so fast, the intervals are overlapping and not able to stop one timerId. here is my code:
data = ['115536', '117202']; // BARCODES AVAILABLE ON A4 SHEET //
var scan_delay = 500; // USER AVG SCANNING SPEED PER BARCODE //
var timerId;
var scannedItemsList = []; // ITEMS WHICH ARE SCANNED BY SEEING A4 SHEET BY THE USER //
var tableDataList = []; // TO SHOW DATA WHICH WE GOT FROM API //
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try {
var data = ['115536', '117202']; // BARCODES AVAILABLE ON A4 SHEET //
var scan_delay = 500; // USER AVG SCANNING SPEED PER BARCODE //
var timerId;
var scannedItemsList = []; // ITEMS WHICH ARE SCANNED BY SEEING A4 SHEET BY THE USER //
var tableDataList = []; // TO SHOW DATA WHICH WE GOT FROM API //
execute(data);
function execute(data) {
var i = 0;
scanSimulatorWithADelay(data, i);
}
function scanSimulatorWithADelay(data, i) {
setTimeout(function () {
getJobDetailsByCallingAPI(data[i], i);
i++;
if (data.length > i) {
scanSimulatorWithADelay(data, i);
} else {
i = 0;
}
}, scan_delay);
}
function getJobDetailsByCallingAPI(jobNumber, index) {
scannedItemsList.push(jobNumber);
//poll_for_jobs_count_which_are_scanned_but_waiting_to_add_to_table
startPolling();
//Simulate API to get response after every 3 seconds//
var apiDelay = (index + 1) * 3000;
setTimeout(function () {
console.log('API CALLED AT ' + new Date().toLocaleTimeString());
CallTheAPI(jobNumber);
}, apiDelay);
}
function CallTheAPI(jobNumber) {
console.log("JOB NO " + jobNumber + " API response Recd");
tableDataList.push(jobNumber);
}
function startPolling() {
var pollStatus = '';
timerId = setInterval(() => {
debugger;
console.log('timerId when starting interval ' + timerId);
var jobsWhichAreScannedButNotLoaded = jobsWhichAreScannedButNotLoadedStill();
console.log("$$$$$$ jobsWhichAreScannedButNotLoaded = " + jobsWhichAreScannedButNotLoaded.length);
if (jobsWhichAreScannedButNotLoaded.length === 0) {
console.log("### Inteval Cleared ### " + timerId);
//CLEAR TIMER
clearInterval(timerId);
} else {
pollStatus = 'Polling inprogress and the pollID ' + timerId;
}
console.log('####' + pollStatus);
}, 2000);
}
function jobsWhichAreScannedButNotLoadedStill() {
let stillLoadingJobs = [];
scannedItemsList.forEach(scannedItemsListJobNumber => {
let foundJobInsideTable = false;
if (scannedItemsListJobNumber) {
foundJobInsideTable = tableDataList.indexOf(scannedItemsListJobNumber) > -1;
if (!foundJobInsideTable) {
stillLoadingJobs.push(scannedItemsListJobNumber);
}
}
}); // End of scannedItemsList forEach loop
if (stillLoadingJobs.length > 0) {
return stillLoadingJobs;
}
return [];
}
} catch (error) { throw error; }

Your timer_id variable is on the global scope and hence overwritten every time you call startPolling.
So when you'll call clearInterval(timer_id), timer_id will be the id of the last setInterval, and the first one will keep running endlessly.
Simply add a var in your startPolling function so that timer_id be scoped correctly, and that it doesn't get overwritten by next call.
try {var data = ['115536', '117202'];
var scan_delay = 500;
// remove this one
//var timerId;
var scannedItemsList = [];
var tableDataList = [];
execute(data);
function execute(data) {
var i = 0;
scanSimulatorWithADelay(data, i);
}
function scanSimulatorWithADelay(data, i) {
setTimeout(function () {
getJobDetailsByCallingAPI(data[i], i);
i++;
if (data.length > i) {
scanSimulatorWithADelay(data, i);
} else {
i = 0;
}
}, scan_delay);
}
function getJobDetailsByCallingAPI(jobNumber, index) {
scannedItemsList.push(jobNumber);
//poll_for_jobs_count_which_are_scanned_but_waiting_to_add_to_table
startPolling();
//Simulate API to get response after every 3 seconds//
var apiDelay = (index + 1) * 3000;
setTimeout(function () {
console.log('API CALLED AT ' + new Date().toLocaleTimeString());
CallTheAPI(jobNumber);
}, apiDelay) ;
}
function CallTheAPI(jobNumber) {
$.ajax({
url: "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1",
type: "GET",
async: true,
success: function (response) {
console.log("JOB NO " + jobNumber + " API response Recd");
tableDataList.push(jobNumber);
}
});
}
function startPolling() {
var pollStatus = '';
/////////
///HERE
/////////
// Declare timerId in startPolling scope
/////////
var timerId = setInterval(() => {
debugger;
console.log('timerId when starting interval '+ timerId);
var jobsWhichAreScannedButNotLoaded = jobsWhichAreScannedButNotLoadedStill();
console.log("$$$$$$ jobsWhichAreScannedButNotLoaded = "+ jobsWhichAreScannedButNotLoaded.length);
if (jobsWhichAreScannedButNotLoaded.length === 0) {
console.log("### Inteval Cleared ### "+ timerId);
//CLEAR TIMER
clearInterval(timerId);
} else {
pollStatus = 'Polling inprogress and the pollID ' + timerId;
}
console.log('####' + pollStatus);
}, 2000);
}
function jobsWhichAreScannedButNotLoadedStill() {
let stillLoadingJobs = [];
scannedItemsList.forEach(scannedItemsListJobNumber => {
let foundJobInsideTable = false;
if (scannedItemsListJobNumber) {
foundJobInsideTable = tableDataList.indexOf(scannedItemsListJobNumber) > -1;
if (!foundJobInsideTable) {
stillLoadingJobs.push(scannedItemsListJobNumber);
}
}
}); // End of scannedItemsList forEach loop
if (stillLoadingJobs.length > 0) {
return stillLoadingJobs;
}
return [];
}
} catch (error) { throw error; }
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

Ajax call doesn't work after success

I have a problem with ajax call after success.
I am trying to call my following javascript codes:
function imgResize($, sr) {
var debounce = function(func, threshold, execAsap) {
var timeout;
return function debounced() {
var obj = this,
args = arguments;
function delayed() {
if (!execAsap)
func.apply(obj, args);
timeout = null;
};
if (timeout)
clearTimeout(timeout);
else if (execAsap)
func.apply(obj, args);
timeout = setTimeout(delayed, threshold || 100);
};
}
// smartresize
jQuery.fn[sr] = function(fn) {
return fn ? this.bind('resize', debounce(fn)) : this.trigger(sr);
};
};
//CALL ON PAGE LOAD OR ANY TIME YOU WANT TO USE IT
imgResize(jQuery, 'smartresize');
/* Wait for DOM to be ready */
// Detect resize event
$(window).smartresize(function() {
// Set photo image size
$('.photo-row').each(function() {
var $pi = $(this).find('.photo-item'),
cWidth = $(this).parent('.photo').width();
// Generate array containing all image aspect ratios
var ratios = $pi.map(function() {
return $(this).find('img').data('org-width') / $(this).find('img').data('org-height');
}).get();
// Get sum of widths
var sumRatios = 0,
sumMargins = 0,
minRatio = Math.min.apply(Math, ratios);
for (var i = 0; i < $pi.length; i++) {
sumRatios += ratios[i] / minRatio;
};
$pi.each(function() {
sumMargins += parseInt($(this).css('margin-left')) + parseInt($(this).css('margin-right'));
});
// Calculate dimensions
$pi.each(function(i) {
var minWidth = (cWidth - sumMargins) / sumRatios;
$(this).find('img')
.height(Math.floor(minWidth / minRatio))
.width(Math.floor(minWidth / minRatio) * ratios[i]);
});
});
});
/* Wait for images to be loaded */
$(window).load(function() {
$(".photo").each(function() {
var imgGrab = $(this).find('.photo-item');
var imgLength = imgGrab.length;
for (i = 0; i < imgLength; i = i + 3) {
imgGrab.eq(i + 1)
.add(imgGrab.eq(i + 1))
.add(imgGrab.eq(i + 2))
.wrapAll('<div class="photo-row"></div>');
}
$(this).find(".photo-item").each(function() {
if ($(this).parent().is(":not(.photo-row)")) {
$(this).wrap('<div class="photo-row"></div>');
}
});
// Store original image dimensions
$(this).find('.photo-item img').each(function() {
$(this)
.data('org-width', $(this)[0].naturalWidth)
.data('org-height', $(this)[0].naturalHeight);
});
});
$(window).resize();
});
And here is my ajax code for LOAD MORE POST
$('body').on("click",'.morep', function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
var ID = $(this).attr("id");
var P_ID = $(this).attr("rel");
var URL = $.base_url + 'more_post.php';
var dataString = "lastpid=" + ID + "&post_id=" + P_ID;
if (ID) {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: URL,
data: dataString,
cache: false,
beforeSend: function() {
$("#more" + ID).html('<img src="loaders/ajaxloader.gif" />');
},
success: function(html) {
$("div.post-content").append(html);
$("#more" + ID).remove();
imgResize(jQuery, 'smartresize');
}
});
} else {
$("#more").html('FINISHED');
}
return false;
});
The ajax should call imgResize(jQuery, 'smartresize'); but it is not working. What I am missing here anyone can help me here ?

Update progressbar in each loop

I have a progress bar that I update in a loop of many iterations.
https://jsfiddle.net/k29qy0do/32/
(open the console before you click the start button)
var progressbar = {};
$(function () {
progressbar = {
/** initial progress */
progress: 0,
/** maximum width of progressbar */
progress_max: 0,
/** The inner element of the progressbar (filled box). */
$progress_bar: $('#progressbar'),
/** Set the progressbar */
set: function (num) {
if (this.progress_max && num) {
this.progress = num / this.progress_max * 100;
console.log('percent: ' + this.progress + '% - ' + num + '/' + this.progress_max);
this.$progress_bar.width(String(this.progress) + '%');
}
},
fn_wrap: function (num) {
setTimeout(function() {
this.set(num);
}, 0);
}
};
});
$('#start_button').on('click', function () {
var iterations = 1000000000;
progressbar.progress_max = iterations;
var loop = function () {
for (var i = 1; i <= iterations; i++) {
if (iterations % i === 100) {
progressbar.set(i); //only updates the progressbar in the last iteration
//progressbar.fn_wrap(i); //even worse, since no output to the console is produced
}
}
}
//setTimeout(loop, 0);
loop();
});
The console is updated iteratively as expected.
However, the progressbar is not updating.
The problem is that the browser window seems to 'hang' until the loop finishes.
Only the console is updated, not the progressbar.
I have tried to add the setTimeout, as suggested below, in several places.
But that just makes things worse, because I then do not even get the console to output the progress while executing the loop.

Okay, I found a solution in the answer to this question:
Javascript: How to update a progress bar in a 'for' loop
var i = 0;
(function loop() {
i++;
if (iterations % i === 100) {
progressbar.set(i); //updates the progressbar, even in loop
}
if (i < iterations) {
setTimeout(loop, 0);
}
})();
My solution:
https://jsfiddle.net/ccvs4rer/3/

Lets break this down to steps
Step 1: Clean up HTML
Assuming the purpose of your question is to understand how to work the progress bar and not the styles or the labels (loading, please be patient, etc.). Lets just have the progress bar and the start button.
<div id='progressbar-outer' style="">
<div id='progressbar' style=""></div>
</div>
<button id="start_button">Start</button>
Step 2: The Styles
Lets make the progress bar visible to the user
#progressbar-outer {
height:2em;
border:5px solid #000;
width:15em;
}
#progressbar {
width:0%;
background-color:#F00;
height:100%;
}
Step 3: Using setTimeout where it belongs
In your code, you have used setTimeout to set the value of your progress bar. However, the for loop is still active.
for (var i = 1; i <= iterations; i++) {
if (iterations % i === 100) {
progressbar.set(i); //only updates the progressbar in the last iteration
//progressbar.fn_wrap(i); //even worse, since no output to the console is produced
//setTimeout(function() {
// progressbar.set(i);
//}, 0);
}
}
The use of setTimeout does not affect the rest of the code. Hence, the UI was held hostage till the loop ended. Try the following code.
$('#start_button').on('click', function () {
var iterations = 100;
progressbar.progress_max = iterations;
var loop = function (value) {
progressbar.set(value);
if (value < iterations) setTimeout(function () {
loop(value + 1)
}, 30);
else $('#progressbar').css('background-color', '#0F0');
}
loop(1);
});
Preview
Try this fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/Ljc3b6rn/4/

What you really want is an Asynchronous loop to allow the browser to update the DOM in between iterations.
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/u5b6gr1w/
function delayedLoop(collection, delay, callback, context) {
context = context || null;
var i = 0,
nextInteration = function() {
if (i === collection.length) {
return;
}
callback.call(context, collection[i], i);
i++;
setTimeout(nextInteration, delay);
};
nextInteration();
}
Some HTML:
<div class="progress-bar"><div style="width: 0"></div></div>
A splash of CSS:
.progress-bar {
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #f0f0f0;
}
.progress-bar div {
background-color: red;
height: 1.25em;
}
And some JavaScript to wire things together:
var progressBar = document.querySelector(".progress-bar div"),
items = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10];
delayedLoop(items, 500, function(item, index) {
var width = (item / items.length * 100) + "%";
progressBar.style.width = width;
progressBar.innerHTML = width;
});

My guess would be that all your progress updates are running in the same call stack. While JavaScript code is running, the DOM cannot update. Maybe this question will help you come up with a work-around.

What do you wnat to do? Why do you need it? You should only use a progressbar when you have to wait for something to finish. But we don't know what you do on your page.
If you want to display the progress of an ajax upload:
$.ajax({
...
xhr: function() {
var xhr = $.ajaxSettings.xhr();
$(xhr.upload).bind("progress", function(event) {
var e = event.originalEvent;
var percent = 0;
if (e.lengthComputable)
percent = Math.ceil(e.loaded/e.total*100);
$("#progress").width(percent+"%");
});
return xhr;
}
...
});
For images, you need an ajax call:
$.ajax({
method: "GET",
url: "http://example.com/path/image.jpg",
xhr: function() {/* see the code above*/ }
...
});
For getting the content of an uploaded file:
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.readAsText(uploadedFile);
$(reader).bind("progress", function(e) {
var percent = 0;
if (e.lengthComputable)
percent = Math.ceil(e.loaded/e.total*100);
$("#progress").css("width", percent+"%");
});
For large around of process, like math or appending a lot of divs that will take 10+ secons:
Main.js:
var worker = new Worker("Worker.js");
$(worker).bind("message", function(data) {
$("#progress").width((data*100)+"%");
});
Worker.js:
var total = 43483,
finished = 0,
doStuff = function() {
++finished;
return 1+1;
};
setInterval(function()
{
self.postMessage(finished/total);
}, 100);
for (var i = 0; i < total; ++i)
setTimeout(doStuff, i*10);
Because it's nice, and you want to tell the user there's a progress when there isn't, just animate the div:
$("#progress").animate({width: "100%"}, 3000);

You can use promises to wait until the width is set before continuing the loop.
Updating the progress bar for 1000000000 iterations will be slow if you go 1 by 1, so you might find it useful to decrease the update frequency.
Instead of a for loop, I used a recursive function that loops when the promise has been fulfilled.
set: function (num) {
var deferred = $.Deferred();
if (this.progress_max && num) {
this.progress = num / this.progress_max * 100;
var self = this;
self.$progress_bar.animate({"width": String(this.progress) + '%'}, "fast", function() {
deferred.resolve();
});
return deferred;
}
}
$('#start_button').on('click', function () {
var iterations = 1000000000;
var i = 0;
progressbar.progress_max = iterations;
var loop = function(){
i+=100000000;
if(i <= iterations){
progressbar.set(i).then(function(){
loop();
}); ;
}
};
loop();
});
https://jsfiddle.net/k29qy0do/34/

You have to use window.requestAnimationFrame, otherwise the browser will block until your loop is finished. The callback passed to requestAnimationFrame will get a timestamp as a parameter which you might be able to use for calculations of the progress.

This are my 2 takes on the question:
Using a web worker. The webworker blob code comes from here
Web worker code:
<script type="text/ww">
function loop(e) {
var data = JSON.parse(e.data);
var i = parseInt(data.i, 10);
var iterations = parseInt(data.iterations, 10);
while (iterations % ++i !== 100 && i <= iterations);
if(i <= iterations) {
self.postMessage(JSON.stringify({ i: i, iterations: iterations }));
}
}
self.onmessage = function(e) {
loop(e);
};
</script>
The code:
var ww = document.querySelector('script[type="text/ww"]'),
code = ww.textContent,
blob = new Blob([code], {type: 'text/javascript'}),
blobUrl = URL.createObjectURL(blob),
worker = new Worker(blobUrl);
worker.onmessage = function(e) {
var data = JSON.parse(e.data);
var i = parseInt(data.i, 10);
var iterations = parseInt(data.iterations, 10);
progressbar.set(i);
worker.postMessage(JSON.stringify({ i: i, iterations: iterations }));
}
$('#start_button').on('click', function () {
var iterations = 1000000000;
progressbar.progress_max = iterations;
worker.postMessage(JSON.stringify({ i: 0, iterations: iterations }));
});
The other idea hangs the UI thread, but changes the width visually, as I use requestAnimationFrame to break the counting, change width of the progressbar, and then continue the count.
function loopFrame(i, iterations) {
requestAnimationFrame(function() {
if (iterations % i === 100) {
progressbar.set(i);
}
if(i < iterations) {
loopFrame(i + 1, iterations);
}
});
}
$('#start_button').on('click', function () {
var iterations = 1000000000;
console.log(iterations);
progressbar.progress_max = iterations;
loopFrame(0, iterations);
});

Maybe this will be usefull.
var service = new Object();
//function with interrupt for show progress of operations
service.progressWhile = new Object();
service.progressWhile.dTime = 50; //step ms between callback display function
service.progressWhile.i = 0; //index
service.progressWhile.timer = 0; //start time for cycle
//#parametr arr - array for actions
//#parametr actionCallback - The function for processing array's elements
//#parametr progressCallback - function to display the array index
function progressWhile(arr, actionCallback, progressCallback) {
try {
var d = new Date();
service.progressWhile.timer = d.getTime();
log(service.progressWhile.i);
if (service.progressWhile.i >= arr.length) {
service.progressWhile.i = 0;
return;
}
while (service.progressWhile.i < arr.length) {
actionCallback(arr[service.progressWhile.i++]);
d = new Date();
if (d.getTime() - service.progressWhile.timer > service.progressWhile.dTime) {
break;
}
}
if (progressCallback != undefined)
progressCallback(service.progressWhile.i);
} catch (er) {
log(er);
return;
}
setTimeout(function () {
progressWhile(arr, actionCallback, progressCallback);
}, 0);
}

Here's updated fiddle
I used animate to make it a progress bar like look and feel.
Hope this will help you.
var progressbar = {};
$(function() {
progressbar = {
/** initial progress */
progress : 0,
/** maximum width of progressbar */
progress_max : 0,
/** The inner element of the progressbar (filled box). */
$progress_bar : $('#progressbar'),
/** Method to set the progressbar.*/
set : function(num) {
if (this.progress_max && num) {
this.progress = num / this.progress_max * 100;
console.log('percent: ' + this.progress + '% - ' + num + '/' + this.progress_max);
$('#progressbar').animate({
width : String(this.progress) + '%',
}, 500, function() {
// Animation complete.
});
}
},
fn_wrap : function(num) {
setTimeout(function() {
this.set(num);
}, 0);
}
};
});
$('#start_button').on('click', function() {
$('#progressbar').css('width', '0%');
var iterations = 1000000000;
progressbar.progress_max = iterations;
var loop = function() {
for (var i = 1; i <= iterations; i++) {
if (iterations % i === 100) {
progressbar.set(i);
//only updates the progressbar in the last iteration
}
}
}
loop();
});
Fiddler
[1]: https://jsfiddle.net/k29qy0do/21/

$.each not updating css width

So I have a loop, which performs an ajax call on each iteration and I want to set the progress bar updated.. But it is not updating, it goes to 100% directly when ending...
I've tried to put the bar update call outside the success action (inside the loop directly) but it isn't working either..
$('button.page').on('click', function(e){
var $userList = textArray($('#page-userlist').val().replace('http://lop/', '').split(/\n/));
var $proxyList = textArray($('#page-proxylist').val().replace('http://', '').split(/\n/));
var $question = $('#page-question').val();
var data = {
question: $question,
users: $userList,
proxies: $proxyList
};
var i = 0, p = 0, max = data.proxies.length, totalusers = data.users.length, percent = 0;
$('#log').append("\n" + moment().calendar() + "\n");
var progressbar = $('#page-progress');
$.each(data.users, function(k, u){
if(typeof(p) !== 'undefined' && p !== null && p > 0)
{
if(i % 10 == 0 && i > 1) p++;
if(p == max) return false;
}
var proxy = data.proxies[p];
percent = Math.round((i / totalusers) * 100);
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: Routing.generate('viral_admin_bot_page'),
data: {question: $question, user: u, proxy: proxy},
success: function(result) {
$('#log').append("\nAtacado usuario " + u + " con proxy: " + proxy + "\n");
$(progressbar).width(percent + "%");
},
error: function(error) {
$('#log').append(error);
}
});
i++;
});
});
If i do console.log(percent); it is updating perfectly on each iteration, so I don't know where can be the problem.
Here is my code (without the ajax call because it isn't the problem) http://jsfiddle.net/dvo1dm03/20/
it will output to console the percentage, the objetive is to update the bar to the percentage completed in each loop, so it goes in "realtime" with loop.

Ok, here's how to do it asynchrounously.
var speed = 75;
var number_of_calls_returned = 0; // add number_of_calls_returned++ in your ajax success function
var number_of_total_calls;
var loaded = false;
function processUserData(){
if( number_of_calls_returned < number_of_total_calls){
setTimeout(function(){processUserData();}, 200);
}
else{
//received all data
// set progressbar to 100% width
loaded = true;
$("#page-progress").animate({width: "100%"},500);
$("#page-proxylist").val("Received data");
}
}
function updateProgress(percent, obj){
setTimeout(function(x){
if(!loaded)
$(obj).width(x + "%");
}, percent*speed, percent);
}
$('button.page').on('click', function (e) {
var $userList = textArray($('#page-userlist').val().replace('http://lop/', '').split(/\n/));
var $proxyList = textArray($('#page-proxylist').val().replace('http://', '').split(/\n/));
var $question = $('#page-question').val();
var data = {
question: $question,
users: $userList,
proxies: $proxyList
};
var i = 0,
p = 0,
max = data.proxies.length,
totalusers = data.users.length,
percent = 0;
//$('#log').append("\n" + moment().calendar() + "\n");
var progressbar = $('#page-progress');
number_of_total_calls = totalusers;
$.each(data.users, function (k, u) {
if (typeof (p) !== 'undefined' && p !== null && p > 0) {
if (i % 10 == 0 && i > 1) p++;
if (p == max) return false;
}
var proxy = data.proxies[p];
percent = (i / totalusers) * 100; //much smoother if not int
updateProgress(percent, progressbar);
i++;
// simulate ajax call
setTimeout(function(){number_of_calls_returned++;}, Math.random()*2000);
});
//callback function
setTimeout(function(){processUserData();}, 200);
});
var textArray = function (lines) {
var texts = []
for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
// only push this line if it contains a non whitespace character.
if (/\S/.test(lines[i])) {
texts.push($.trim(lines[i]));
}
}
return texts;
}
Check it out here! jsFiddle (really cool!)

Your problem is cause by the fact that you have a closure for your success function and every success function shares the same percent variable. You can fix it like this:
success: function(percent, result) {
$('#log').append("\nAtacado usuario " + u + " con proxy: " + proxy + "\n");
$(progressbar).width(percent + "%");
}.bind(percent),
Where you'll need to shim bind in older browsers, or like this, which is a little uglier, but should work everywhere without a shim:
success: (function(percent) { return function(result) {
$('#log').append("\nAtacado usuario " + u + " con proxy: " + proxy + "\n");
$(progressbar).width(percent + "%");
}; }( percent ),

if what you want is to increase the update bar with each success of AJAX calls I'd suggest an easier solution (I've simplified the js code for clarity's sake):
$('button').click(function (e) {
var i = 0,
cont = 0,
totalusers = 100,
percent = 0;
var progressbar = $('#page-progress');
for (; i < totalusers; i++) {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: '/echo/json/',
data: {
question: 'something',
user: 1,
proxy: 2
},
success: function (result) {
cont += 1;
percent = Math.round((cont / totalusers) * 100);
progressbar.width(percent + "%");
},
error: function (error) {
$('#log').append(error);
}
});
};
});
You can see it in action in this fiddle.
Hope this helps or at least give you some ideas.

Update the progress bar using setTimeout method.
it will wait for some time and then update the width of progressbar.
myVar = setTimeout("javascript function",milliseconds);
Thanks,
Ganesh Shirsat

I would like to make a recommendation of trying to make a self contained example that doesn't rely on the post so that it is easier for you or us to solve the problem
As well, you can console log elements so you could try logging the progressbar element, percent and the response of the ajax request
(This code is to replace the javascript sections of the fiddler)
var i = 0;
moveProgress();
function moveProgress(){
if(i < 10000)
{
setTimeout(function(){
$('#page-progress').width((i / 1000) * 100);
moveProgress();
},2);
i++;
}
}
The reason that it wasn't working was because the loop ran so fast that it was loaded by the time the script loaded it, the timeout allows you to delay the execution a bit(Though not necessarily recommended to use because of potential threading issues.

Javascript variable reverting to original

function loadAll() {
var zip64;
var zipURL = 'settings/Images.zip';
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', zipURL, true);
xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
xhr.onload = function() {
if (this.status == 200) {
var responseArray = new Uint8Array(this.response);
var d = responseArray.length;
var binaryString = new Array(d);
while (d--) {
binaryString[d] = String.fromCharCode(responseArray[d]);
}
var data = binaryString.join("");
zip64 = window.btoa(data);
zip.createReader(new zip.Data64URIReader(zip64), function(reader) {
reader.getEntries(function(entries) {
z = 0;
zloopid = setInterval(function() {
if (z >= entries.length || !entries[z]) {
clearInterval(zloopid);
reader.close();
start();
return;
}
if (entries[z].filename.split("/")[0] == "__MACOSX") {
z++;
return;
}
$("#loadimg").html("Loading " + entries[z].filename + ".... (" + (z + 1) + " of " + entries.length + ")");
var isMask = (entries[z].filename.replace(/^.*[\\\/]/, '') == "mask.jpg");
entries[z].getData(new zip.Data64URIWriter(), function(uri) {
if (isMask) {
imgtemp = new Image();
imgtemp.src = uri;
}
else {
var lol = new Image();
lol.src = uri;
imageLibrary.push(lol);
}
});
z++;
}, 0);
});
}, function(error) {
window.location = "error.html?err=Error by unzipper: " + error + " (Problem in Images.zip)";
});
}
else {
window.location = "error.html?err=Error while retrieving zip file (" + zipURL + ") : " + this.status;
}
};
xhr.send();
}
function start() {
var image = imgtemp;
width = image.width;
height = image.height;
So I have this piece of code. I have a global variable named imgtemp but everytime I set it in the if (inMask) block, it reverts to undefined when start() is called. Why is this?
loadAll() is called first, then start(). I can confirm that when the code that calls start() in loadAll() executes, imgtemp already turned back to undefined.
Thanks in advance!

It is because loadAll becomes async and returns before anything is loaded so when you call start the image has not been set yet. You'll need to "chain" them instead of calling them separately.
Only call loadAll() and then inside the loadAll add an event handler for loading the image which when loaded calls the start() function.
/* snip */
entries[z].getData(new zip.Data64URIWriter(), function(uri) {
if (isMask) {
imgtemp = new Image();
imgtemp.onload = function(event) {
start(); /* <--- HERE */
}
imgtemp.src = uri;
}
else {
/* snip */