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WPF: A Most Useful Threading Component

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A threading component that shows failures/busy status and data.
<Window x:Class="ThreadingComponent.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:ThreadingComponent"
    WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
    Title="ThreadingComponent" Height="400" Width="730">
    <DockPanel LastChildFill="True">
        <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" DockPanel.Dock="Top">
            <Button Content="Run Log Running Operation" Command="{Binding RunCommand}" Margin="10" ToolTip="Do the long running operation in a new thread"/>
            <Button Content="Simulate Failure" Command="{Binding ShouldFailCommand}" Margin="10" ToolTip="SIMULATE a failure that occurs during the long running threading operation"/>
            <Button Content="Click Me After You Run Log Running Operation (To See UI Is Still Responsive)" Margin="10" Click="Button_Click" ToolTip="Simply shows a MessageBox to show that UI is not blocked while long running threadin operation is happening"/>
        </StackPanel>
        
        <local:ThreadableHostControl HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch"
            ThreadableItem="{Binding ThreadVM}">

            <ListView Background="WhiteSmoke" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="5"
                      ItemsSource="{Binding ThreadVM.Data.DataObject}"
                      >
                <ListView.View>
                    <GridView>
                        <GridViewColumn Header="Text" Width="500" 
                                        DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Path=Text}"/>
                        <GridViewColumn Header="Age" Width="100" 
                                        DisplayMemberBinding="{Binding Path=Age}"/>
                    </GridView>
                </ListView.View>
            </ListView>
            
        </local:ThreadableHostControl>
        
    </DockPanel>
</Window>

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