I have here a long method that takes a little while to execute. I

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I have here a long method that takes a little while to execute. I

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I have here a long method that takes a little while to execute. I would like to keep the user entertained so I created a progress bar and a label. What I would like is for that label to change while the system executes the progress. Ive been looking at Application.DoEvents(), but it seems like thats the wrong way to go. This application is pretty simple and its just a project and nothing professional. All this app does is send a file to a client and insert the data into a database.

I have one label (besides a success and error label), that I would like to constantly update along side the progress bar. Any ideas or tips on how to do this? Would Application.DoEvents() be acceptable in this situation? Or is there a simple way to update the text. I am using C#, asp.net, and a System.Web.UI.Page. Any help or pointing me to the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

protected void Button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    PutFTPButton.Enabled = false;
    Thread.Sleep(3000);
    Button btn = (Button)sender;
    KaplanFTP.BatchFiles bf = new KaplanFTP.BatchFiles();
    KaplanFTP.Transmit transmit = new KaplanFTP.Transmit();
    //label text change here
    if (btn.ID == PutFTPButton.ID)
    {
        //bf.ReadyFilesForTransmission();
        DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\Kaplan");

        FileInfo[] BatchFiles = bf.GetBatchFiles(dir);

        bool result = transmit.UploadBatchFilesToFTP(BatchFiles);
        //label text change here
        if (!result)
        {
            ErrorLabel.Text += KaplanFTP.errorMsg;
            return;
        }

        bf.InsertBatchDataIntoDatabase("CTL");
        bf.InsertBatchDataIntoDatabase("HDR");
        bf.InsertBatchDataIntoDatabase("DET");
        bf.InsertBatchDataIntoDatabase("NTS");
        List<FileInfo> allfiles = BatchFiles.ToList<FileInfo>();
        allfiles.AddRange(dir.GetFiles("*.txt"));
        bf.MoveFiles(allfiles);
        //label text change here
        foreach (string order in bf.OrdersSent)
        {
            OrdersSentDiv.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(order + "<br />"));
        }
        //lblWait.Visible = false;
        OrdersSentDiv.Visible = true;
        OrdersInfoDiv.Visible = false;
        SuccessLabel.Visible = true;
        NoBatchesToProcessLbl.Visible = true;
        BatchesToProcessLbl.Visible = false;
        PutFTPButton.Enabled = false;
        BatchesCreatedLbl.Text = int.Parse(NextBatchNum).ToString();
        Thread.Sleep(20000);

        if (KaplanFTP.errorMsg.Length != 0)
        {
            ErrorLabel.Visible = true;
            SuccessLabel.Visible = false;
            ErrorLabel.Text = KaplanFTP.errorMsg;
        }
    }
}