A Cancellable ProgressBar While Processing on a Background Thread
<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" Title="WPF" Height="100" Width="200"> <StackPanel> <ProgressBar Name="progressBar"/> <Button Name="button" Click="button_Click"> Start </Button> </StackPanel> </Window> //File:Window.xaml.cs using System.ComponentModel; using System.Threading; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Input; namespace WpfApplication1 { public partial class Window1 : Window { private BackgroundWorker worker = new BackgroundWorker(); public Window1() { InitializeComponent(); worker.WorkerReportsProgress = true; worker.WorkerSupportsCancellation = true; worker.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(worker_DoWork); worker.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(worker_RunWorkerCompleted); worker.ProgressChanged += worker_ProgressChanged; } private void button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e){ if(!worker.IsBusy) { this.Cursor = Cursors.Wait; worker.RunWorkerAsync(); button.Content = "Cancel"; }else{ worker.CancelAsync(); } } private void worker_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e) { this.Cursor = Cursors.Arrow; if(e.Cancelled) { MessageBox.Show("Operation was canceled"); } else if(e.Error != null) { MessageBox.Show(e.Error.Message); } button.Content = "Start"; } private void worker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e) { for(int i = 1; i <= 100; i++) { if(worker.CancellationPending) { e.Cancel = true; return; } Thread.Sleep(100); worker.ReportProgress(i); } } private void worker_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e) { progressBar.Value = e.ProgressPercentage; } } }