Multithreading with C# Cookbook - Second Edition

Using the BackgroundWorker component

This recipe describes another approach to asynchronous programming via an example of a BackgroundWorker component. With the help of this object, we are able to organize our asynchronous code as a set of events and event handlers. You will learn how to use this component for asynchronous programming.

Getting ready

To step into this recipe, you will need Visual Studio 2015. There are no other prerequisites. The source code for this recipe can be found at BookSamples\Chapter3\Recipe7.

How to do it...

To learn how to use the BackgroundWorker component, perform the following steps:

1. Start Visual Studio 2015. Create a new C# console application project.
2. In the Program.cs file, add the following using directives:

   using System; ...