# Writing to log window or showing progress bar
**URL:** https://resource.dopus.com/t/writing-to-log-window-or-showing-progress-bar/8800
**Category:** Help & Support
**Created:** [November 20, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/writing-to-log-window-or-showing-progress-bar/8800 "2009-11-20T14:26:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@pixsrv](https://resource.dopus.com/u/pixsrv)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2009, 2:26pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/writing-to-log-window-or-showing-progress-bar/8800/1 "2009-11-20T14:26:07Z")
hi
i'd like to know is it possible to write my own messages to log window
or to display progress bar window
or...
well it could be even cmd window where i'd like to write my messages
let's say there is a few commands to run ("ms-dos" and dopus)
some are @sync some are not
so it wont be just one cmd
any ideas?
(i tried to find it on this foum but with no luck)
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### Author:  [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/writing-to-log-window-or-showing-progress-bar/8800/2 "2009-11-20T15:19:55Z")
If it's an MS-DOS batch-mode button then you can output to the cmd window using the Echo command.
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### Author:  [@pixsrv](https://resource.dopus.com/u/pixsrv)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/writing-to-log-window-or-showing-progress-bar/8800/3 "2009-11-20T16:44:56Z")
Unortunately it wont work as cmd will be closed as there it should be a mix of msdos commands and opus commands ☹
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### Author:  [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/writing-to-log-window-or-showing-progress-bar/8800/4 "2009-11-20T17:36:12Z")
What's the actual thing that's you're running?
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### Author:  [@pixsrv](https://resource.dopus.com/u/pixsrv)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/writing-to-log-window-or-showing-progress-bar/8800/5 "2009-11-24T11:20:01Z")
what about smth like this
> > >
cd "folder"
@sync application stop
Delete "file" QUIET
Delete "folder" QUIET
cd "folder"
@sync application install
Copy "file" TO "file"
cd "folder"
application start
\<\<\<
it cannot be pure batch file as it needs to sync
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### Author:  [@Leo](https://resource.dopus.com/u/Leo)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/writing-to-log-window-or-showing-progress-bar/8800/6 "2009-11-24T15:01:03Z")
You could do it with a pure batch file, using "start /WAIT application install" etc. to make the batch wait for those parts.
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### Author:  [@pixsrv](https://resource.dopus.com/u/pixsrv)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://resource.dopus.com/t/writing-to-log-window-or-showing-progress-bar/8800/7 "2009-11-24T15:03:37Z")
well... it might be the solution i need
thanx v much
regards