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15 Feb 2010CPOL 12.9K   8   3
This is my helper class: public class AsynchronousMethodHelper { private static Delegate _method; private static Delegate _callBack; public static void AsynchronousExecution(Delegate method, Delegate callBack) { _method = method; ...
This is my helper class:

public class AsynchronousMethodHelper
{
    private static Delegate _method;
    private static Delegate _callBack;

    public static void AsynchronousExecution(Delegate method, Delegate callBack)
    {
        _method = method;
        _callBack = callBack;
        BackgroundWorker bgWorker = new BackgroundWorker();
        bgWorker.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(bgWorker_DoWork);
        bgWorker.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(bgWorker_RunWorkerCompleted);
        bgWorker.RunWorkerAsync();
    }

    private static void bgWorker_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
    {
        _callBack.DynamicInvoke(null);
    }

    private static void bgWorker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
    {
        _method.DynamicInvoke(null);
    }
}


How to use:

FormProgressBar frmProgress = new FormProgressBar ();
frmProgress.Show();
AsynchronousMethodHelper.AsynchronousExecution(new ThreadStart(delegate()
{
    // anonymous  method for asynchronous execution
    for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i++)
    {
        // fake execution  (delay 2 seconds)
        Thread.Sleep(1000);
    }
}), new ThreadStart(delegate()
{
    // call back
    frmProgress .Hide();
}));

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Comments and Discussions

 
GeneralThis is a usefull article for me. Thank you very mych :) Pin
Asutosha19-Aug-10 4:02
professionalAsutosha19-Aug-10 4:02 
GeneralYou shouldn't use a static class Pin
Jeremy Hutchinson13-Jan-10 5:14
professionalJeremy Hutchinson13-Jan-10 5:14 
GeneralRe: You also shouldn't leave it up to any Delegate Pin
kornman0013-Jan-10 5:23
kornman0013-Jan-10 5:23 
Either require ThreadStart or Func{void} as the delegate arguments.

You explicitly call DynamicInvoke with null arguments. Using type safe delegates you won't have to use DynamicInvoke and worry about a user passing a function which returns a value (though, I don't think it would matter in this case) or expects arguments

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