Gets a value indicating whether the BackgroundWorker is running an asynchronous operation.
(in System.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public ReadOnly Property IsBusy As Boolean
Dim instance As BackgroundWorker
Dim value As Boolean
value = instance.IsBusy
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public bool IsBusy { get; }
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public:
property bool IsBusy {
bool get ();
}
public function get IsBusy () : boolean
The BackgroundWorker starts an asynchronous operation when you call RunWorkerAsync.
The following code example demonstrates how to use the IsBusy property to wait for completion of a BackgroundWorker operation. This code example is part of a larger example described in How to: Download a File in the Background.
Private Sub downloadButton_Click( _
ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles downloadButton.Click
' Start the download operation in the background.
Me.backgroundWorker1.RunWorkerAsync()
' Disable the button for the duration of the download.
Me.downloadButton.Enabled = False
' Once you have started the background thread you
' can exit the handler and the application will
' wait until the RunWorkerCompleted event is raised.
' If you want to do something else in the main thread,
' such as update a progress bar, you can do so in a loop
' while checking IsBusy to see if the background task is
' still running.
While Me.backgroundWorker1.IsBusy
progressBar1.Increment(1)
' Keep UI messages moving, so the form remains
' responsive during the asynchronous operation.
Application.DoEvents()
End While
End Sub
private void downloadButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Start the download operation in the background.
this.backgroundWorker1.RunWorkerAsync();
// Disable the button for the duration of the download.
this.downloadButton.Enabled = false;
// Once you have started the background thread you
// can exit the handler and the application will
// wait until the RunWorkerCompleted event is raised.
// Or if you want to do something else in the main thread,
// such as update a progress bar, you can do so in a loop
// while checking IsBusy to see if the background task is
// still running.
while (this.backgroundWorker1.IsBusy)
{
progressBar1.Increment(1);
// Keep UI messages moving, so the form remains
// responsive during the asynchronous operation.
Application.DoEvents();
}
}
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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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