Question

My software requires to store the directory and registry structure for some particular locations. This usually takes a long time. Let’s say I have a method called SaveState() which does that.

I want to wrap this into another method, SaveStateWithProgress(), so that when I call it, a modal dialog appears, which shows a simple progress bar and has a button to cancel the operation. The way I see it I may need to use two threads, although in VB6 or Java I used to get by with the equivalent of Thread.Yield() command – not sure if it is the best practice, and even if there is something similar in C#. What is the best way to go about it?

Answer 1

Here’s a site that I think would satisfy what you need.

It has example of using a progress bar and background worker (using BackgroundWorker.RunWorkerAsync()).