The task window is used by the Digester software to list all tasks that have been executed in the background, by the progress dialog, or that are currently running. The figure shows a completed checking operation, the successful search for .exe files, and a currently running generate operation.
If a task has not yet completed, its status is usually shown as a progress indicator with the remaining time shown by the ETA column (Estimated Time Access, here 1 minute and 15 seconds). The Message column presents the last message generated by the task, while the final status is indicated by a special icon in front of the message in most cases. The final status will also be displayed as text by the Status column. The Duration column contains the time period as hours:minutes:seconds that the task execution took so far or that the task execution took finally. The Prio column shows a number to indicate which priority the task has been executed with.
The left tool bar can be used to manage the list of tasks. The button with the blue arrow (Order) can be clicked to show the latest task on top of the list or in the order as they were started otherwise. The activated magic wand icon (Reset Auto-Mode) shows the window automatically whenever a new task is passed to be managed. This may be done easily from the progress dialog by clicking the Background button. The icon with the empty table (Clear List) can be used to delete the entire list of tasks with one single click. This feature is available only if all the tasks have been completed. If the docking window is configured to be Automatic, then removing the entire list items causes the task window to be hidden, too.
The gear icon with the red square (Stop Task) is enabled when a running task is selected which can be terminated. A click on this button causes the task being immediately canceled. This is useful for example to abort a long running search operation. The task is assigned the Canceled status here. If you like a task to be executed again (if supported by the task), then please select the task in the list and click the gear icon with the green triangle (Execute Again). The task is then restarted based on the previous settings. This is also possible for canceled tasks, unless the task declares itself not to be restartable. If you like to remove tasks from the list, please use the gear icon with the red X (Delete Task).
As an alternative to the buttons, the corresponding functions are also provided by the context menus which you can activate with the right mouse button on the selected list entry (see figure).