Another nice helper class in the .NET 2.0 Framework is the
BackgroundWorker class. As a disclaimer, the following is a simplistic, lame
example, but it gives the the basic idea behind its pattern of use. A far better
use is using WinForms with perhaps a progress bar control. Another thing you can
do is store state.
Mike
Woodring has a
very interesting post about this class as well - be sure to check it out.
class Program
{
static System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker worker = new System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker();
static void Main(string[] args)
{
worker.DoWork += new System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventHandler(SomeLongRunningTask);
worker.WorkerReportsProgress = true;
worker.ProgressChanged += new System.ComponentModel.ProgressChangedEventHandler(worker_ProgressChanged);
worker.RunWorkerAsync();
Console.ReadKey();
}
static void worker_ProgressChanged(object sender, System.ComponentModel.ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ProgressPercentage);
}
static void SomeLongRunningTask(object sender, System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
//simulate work
for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
{
worker.ReportProgress(i * 10);
Thread.Sleep(500);
}
}
}
