I have written a class that checks a POP3 account and I’d like it to execute on a thread other than the UI thread.
To do this, I’ve chosen the asynchronous route.
In order to get the result from pop3delegate.BeginInvoke(null,null) I need to call EndInvoke but doing this in the UI thread blocks rendering the UI unusable.
I could use the IAsyncResult object and check the IsComplete property, but this involves putting in a loop which checks and this in turn locks up the UI.
What I’m looking for is a way to get a percentage complete or some sort of a status from the POP3 class, which in turn updates the UI and also allows the UI to be usable to do other tasks. I’ll also need to call the EndInvoke method at some point in order to catch any exceptions thrown on the worker thread.
Any suggestions?
Try using BackgroundWorker class, its was designed to do exactly what you need.
Example and more details on msdn: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.backgroundworker.aspx