Index: trunk/zoo-project/zoo-services/utils/status/cgi-env/demo.zcfg
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--- trunk/zoo-project/zoo-services/utils/status/cgi-env/demo.zcfg	(revision 384)
+++ trunk/zoo-project/zoo-services/utils/status/cgi-env/demo.zcfg	(revision 384)
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+[demo]
+ Title = Demo long process. 
+ Abstract = This service doesn't do anything except taking its time to return an error message, it demonstrates how to use the update_status function of the Python ZOO-API from your services code.
+ processVersion = 1
+ storeSupported = true
+ statusSupported = true
+ serviceProvider = service
+ serviceType = Python
+ <DataInputs>
+  [sid]
+   Title = Service ID
+   Abstract = A ZOO Service ID (unused).
+   minOccurs = 0
+   maxOccurs = 1
+   <LiteralData>
+    dataType = integer
+    <Default />
+   </LiteralData>
+ </DataInputs>
+ <DataOutputs>
+  [Result]
+   Title = ExecuteResponse document
+   Abstract = The resulting ExecuteResponse document.
+   <MetaData>
+    title = Demo XSL use case
+   </MetaData>   
+   <LiteralData>
+    dataType = string
+    <Default>
+    </Default>
+   </LiteralData>
+ </DataOutputs>  
Index: trunk/zoo-project/zoo-services/utils/status/cgi-env/service.py
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--- trunk/zoo-project/zoo-services/utils/status/cgi-env/service.py	(revision 384)
+++ trunk/zoo-project/zoo-services/utils/status/cgi-env/service.py	(revision 384)
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+def demo(conf,inputs,outputs):
+    import zoo,time
+    i=0
+    while i < 100:
+        conf["lenv"]["status"]=str(i)
+        zoo.update_status(conf,i)
+        time.sleep(0.5)
+        i+=1
+    conf["lenv"]["message"]=zoo._("Error executing the service")
+    return zoo.SERVICE_FAILED
+
+def demo1(conf,inputs,outputs):
+    conf["lenv"]["message"]=zoo._("Error executing the service")
+    return zoo.SERVICE_FAILED