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Threads and Delegates

Using the BackgroundWorker Component in C#

by Dave on September 11, 2009

in Threads and Delegates, Windows Forms

A few days ago I wrote an article describing how to create a worker thread for your Windows Forms. Just recently a friend of mine brought to my attention that the .NET Framework contains a component called BackgroundWorker which helps you to do what I had explained in that article but in an easier and [...]

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Create a Worker Thread for your Windows Form in C#

by Dave on September 4, 2009

in Threads and Delegates, Windows Forms

When performing a relatively heavy operation on your Windows Form, what often happens is that your application’s UI will freeze until the heavy operation completes. This is usually unacceptable because your application’s end user will think it crashed and probably try to close it. To solve this problem you need to run your heavy operation [...]

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