function Write-ProgressHelper {
	param (
	    [int]$StepNumber = 1,
	    [string]$Status = "Progress",
        [string]$Activity,
        [string]$CurrentOperation,
        [int]$PercentComplete = 0
	)

    $activityId = 0
    $parentId = 0
    $callstackFunctions = (Get-CallstackParentFunctionNames)
    # Don't worry about this function or the one we just called to get the stack, or the parent of this one, we handle that next
    for($i = 0; $i -lt ($callstackFunctions.Count - 1); $i++) {
        # this will always be one less than our current depth
        $function = $callstackFunctions[$i]
        if ((Get-FunctionWriteProgressHelperCalls $function) -gt 0) {
            $parentId = $activityId
            $activityId++
        }
    }

    $PercentNotSpecified = $false
    if ($PercentComplete -eq 0) {
        $PercentNotSpecified = $true
        $stepCounter = (Get-FunctionWriteProgressHelperCalls (Get-GrandParentFunctionName))
        $PercentComplete = (($StepNumber / $stepCounter) * 100)
    }

    $paramSplat = @{
        Id = $activityId
        Status = $Status
        PercentComplete = $PercentComplete
    }

    if (![string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Activity)) {
        $paramSplat["Activity"] = $Activity
    }

    if (![string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($CurrentOperation)) {
        $paramSplat["CurrentOperation"] = $CurrentOperation
    }

    if ($parentId -gt 0) {
        $paramSplat["ParentId"] = $parentId
    }

	Write-Progress @paramSplat

    if ($PercentNotSpecified) {
        return $StepNumber++
    }
}