Question

I have a long running task that I need to implement on a webpage. What I would like to do is run the task on a separate thread, but have a progress bar on the webpage.

I am struggling to find an easy way of doing this. Here is a very simplified example that I want to do this on. Basically, I want the ResetAll() in a thread, and pool the variable y to update the webpage UI.

Can someone help me?

Protected Sub btnReset_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnResetLowConductor.Click
    ResetAll()
End Sub

Private Sub ResetAll()
    Dim y As Integer = 0
    While y < x
        y += 1
        Reset()
        lblProgress.Text = y & "/" & x
    End While
End Sub


Private Sub Reset()
    Threading.Thread.Sleep(200)
End Sub

Answer 1

Okay, with the help of various websites, I managed to do this.

Here is a sample project. Please let me know if there are any problems with this. I’m no expert, so I would like some feedback!

http://www.mediafire.com/?7vn16vp78rave6a