C#

kensai wrote:

does this only remove the reference to the instance and wait for the GC

gajatko wrote:

progress.BeginInvoke

private BackgroundWorker myWorker = BackgroundWorker();

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Initializes the background worker thread.
/// </summary>
private void InitEncryptWorker()
{
    myWorker.WorkerReportsProgress	= true;
    myWorker.WorkerSupportsCancellation = true;
    myWorker.DoWork                    += new System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventHandler(myWorker_DoWork);
    myWorker.RunWorkerCompleted        += new System.ComponentModel.RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(myWorker_RunWorkerCompleted);
    myWorker.ProgressChanged           += new System.ComponentModel.ProgressChangedEventHandler(myWorker_ProgressChanged);
}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
public void myWorker_DoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
    BackgroundWorker thisWorker = sender as BackgroundWorker;
    
    int progress = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
    {
        if (!thisWork.CancellationPending)
        {
            // do some work here

            // and then report progress
            thisWorker.ReportProgress(progress);
        }
    }
}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
private void myWorker_ProgressChanged(object sender,ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.ProgressPercentage != this.progressBar.Value)
    {
        this.progressBar.Value = e.ProgressPercentage;
    }
}


//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
private void myWorker_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender,RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
}

John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

C'mon, be a programmer