BackgroundWorker Component

Describes the BackgroundWorker component, which gives you the ability to execute time-consuming operations asynchronously ("in the background"), on a thread different from your application's main UI thread.

Demonstrates how to use the BackgroundWorker component in the designer to run a time-consuming operation on a separate thread.

Demonstrates how to use the BackgroundWorker component to run a time-consuming operation on a separate thread.

Creates an application using the designer that does mathematical computations asynchronously.

Creates an application that does mathematical computations asynchronously.

Demonstrates how to use the BackgroundWorker component to download a file on a separate thread.

Describes this class and has links to all its members.

Describes the type that holds data for the RunWorkerCompleted event.

Describes the type that holds data for the ProgressChanged event.

Describes how the asynchronous pattern makes available the advantages of multithreaded applications while hiding many of the complex issues inherent in multithreaded design.