Question

I use C#’s BackgroundWorker object frequently to start a thread and perform a task. What’s the easiest way to accomplish the same thing in Delphi?

Here’s some code in C#:

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {   BackgroundWorker bg = new BackgroundWorker();   bg.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(bg_DoWork);   bg.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(bg_RunWorkerCompleted);   test_number++;   object[] arguments = { 'test', test_number };   bg.RunWorkerAsync(arguments); }  void bg_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e) {       // done. }  void bg_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e) {      // do actual work here } 

Answer 1

Look into OmniThreadLibrary by Primoz Gabrijelcic, or into AsyncCalls by Andreas Hausladen, which should both give you similar functionality.