Running a BackgroundWorker continuously

Question

I need to be able to continuously run my BackgroundWorker. The DoWork event contains a pool threaded process and the OnComplete updates my UI.

I have not been able to find a way to infinitely loop the BackgroundWorker.RunWorkerAsync() method without the whole program freezing. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You have to make a loop in your DoWork-Method. To update your UI you shoud use the ProgressChanged-Method. Here is a small example how this can look like

 public Test()
    {
        this.InitializeComponent();
        BackgroundWorker backgroundWorker = new BackgroundWorker
            {
                 WorkerReportsProgress = true,
                WorkerSupportsCancellation = true
            };
        backgroundWorker.DoWork += BackgroundWorkerOnDoWork;
        backgroundWorker.ProgressChanged += BackgroundWorkerOnProgressChanged;
    }

    private void BackgroundWorkerOnProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
    {
        object userObject = e.UserState;
        int percentage = e.ProgressPercentage;
    }

    private void BackgroundWorkerOnDoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
    {
        BackgroundWorker worker = (BackgroundWorker) sender;
        while (!worker.CancellationPending)
        {
            //Do your stuff here
            worker.ReportProgress(0, "AN OBJECT TO PASS TO THE UI-THREAD");
        }        
    }