Execute a Method Asynchronously Using a Background Worker Thread : BackgroundWorker « Windows Presentation Foundation « C# / C Sharp
Execute a Method Asynchronously Using a Background Worker 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" Width="240" Height="140" >
<StackPanel>
<Button Click="Start_Click" Name="btnStart">Start</Button>
<TextBlock Name="txtBiggestPrime"/>
</StackPanel>
</Window>
//File:Window.xaml.cs
using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.ComponentModel;
namespace WpfApplication1
{
public partial class Window1 : Window
{
private BackgroundWorker worker = new BackgroundWorker();
private long from= 1;
private long to = 200;
private long biggestPrime;
public Window1(): base()
{
InitializeComponent();
worker.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(worker_DoWork);
worker.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(worker_RunWorkerCompleted);
}
private void Start_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
worker.RunWorkerAsync();
btnStart.IsEnabled = false;
txtBiggestPrime.Text = string.Empty;
}
private void worker_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
btnStart.IsEnabled = true;
txtBiggestPrime.Text = biggestPrime.ToString();
}
private void worker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
for(long current = from; current <= to; current++)
{
biggestPrime = current;
}
}
}
}
