Thread-Safe Hide form - vb.net

I'm trying to make a "loading..." form in a DLL with a simple animation using a BackgroundWorker (netMessageInWait).
I have a Show function that load the form, set all texts and run the BackgroundWorker
Public Sub Show(ByVal WorkingArea As Rectangle, ByVal Title As String, ByVal Message As String)
With wait
If (wait.InvokeRequired) Then
wait.Invoke(Sub()
With .lblTitle
.Text = Title
End With
With .lblMessage
.Text = Message
End With
End Sub)
Else
With .lblTitle
.Text = Title
End With
With .lblMessage
.Text = Message
End With
End If
End With
If (Not backWorker.IsBusy) Then
Dim args As New ShowArgumentType
args.WorkingArea = WorkingArea
args.Title = Title
args.Message = Message
backWorker.WorkerSupportsCancellation = True
backWorker.RunWorkerAsync(args)
End If
End Sub
And the Clear function that stop the BackgroundWorker
Public Sub ClearMessage()
Try
CancelWork = True
backWorker.CancelAsync()
Catch ex As Exception
Debug.Print(ex.Message)
End Try
End Sub
The BackgroundWorker_DoWork() that show fisically the form and wait for the ClearMessage
Private Sub backWorker_DoWork(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventArgs) Handles backWorker.DoWork
Dim args As ShowArgumentType = DirectCast(e.Argument, ShowArgumentType)
wait.Show()
While True
Application.DoEvents()
If (CancelWork Or backWorker.CancellationPending) Then
Exit While
End If
End While
End Sub
And then the BackgroundWorker_RunWorkerCompleted() that Hide the form
Private Sub backWorker_RunWorkerCompleted(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs) Handles backWorker.RunWorkerCompleted
CancelWork = False
Call ShowHideForm_ThreadSafe(wait, False) ' HERE THE PROBLEM
Debug.Print("Work completed")
End Sub
Ok...wath I'm not understanding is why I try to hide the form with the function below the program freez at the BeginInvoke...
Private Sub ShowHideForm_ThreadSafe(ByVal pform As Form, _
ByVal pshow As Boolean)
If pform.InvokeRequired Then
Dim MyDelegate As New ShowHideForm_Delegate(AddressOf ShowHideForm_ThreadSafe)
pform.BeginInvoke(MyDelegate, New Object() {[pform], [pshow]})
Else
If (pshow) Then
pform.Show()
Else
pform.Hide()
End If
End If
End Sub
Please help me! How can I solve this issue?
Thanks!

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How to show records added to datagridview in real time

A co-worker needs to search our network and her File Explorer search does not work well. I threw this app together quickly to allow her to search and it works well. The results are written to a datagridview, but the results are not shown until the search is complete.
I would like the datagridview to show records as they are added and allow her to cancel the search if she wants.
Using a backgroundworker, I tried to refresh the grid, but as soon as it finds a match, the code stops running. There are no errors, it just stops running.
So how can I get the grid to update as it continues to search?
Public dtResults As DataTable
Dim myDataSet As New DataSet
Dim myDataRow As DataRow
Dim colType As DataColumn
Dim colResult As DataColumn
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
dtResults = New DataTable()
colType = New DataColumn("Type", Type.GetType("System.String"))
colResult = New DataColumn("Search Result", Type.GetType("System.String"))
dtResults.Columns.Add(colType)
dtResults.Columns.Add(colResult)
DataGridView1.DataSource = dtResults
DataGridView1.Columns(1).AutoSizeMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode.Fill
End Sub
Private Sub btnSearch_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnSearch.Click
btnSearch.Enabled = False
sbStatusBar.Text = "Searching..."
dtResults.Clear()
BackgroundWorker1.RunWorkerAsync()
End Sub
Private Sub BackgroundWorker1_DoWork(sender As Object, e As System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventArgs) Handles BackgroundWorker1.DoWork
LoopSubFolders(txtSearchLocation.Text)
End Sub
Public Sub LoopSubFolders(sLocation As String)
Dim di = New DirectoryInfo(sLocation)
Dim mySearchterm As String = LCase(txtSearchTerm.Text)
Dim fiArr As FileInfo() = di.GetFiles()
Dim sSearchTarget As String
sbStatusBar.Text = "Searching " & sLocation
'Search File names in
If cbFileNames.Checked = True Then
For Each myFile In fiArr
sSearchTarget = LCase(myFile.Name)
If sSearchTarget.Contains(mySearchterm) Then
myDataRow = dtResults.NewRow()
myDataRow(dtResults.Columns(0)) = "File"
myDataRow(dtResults.Columns(1)) = Path.Combine(sLocation, myFile.Name)
dtResults.Rows.Add(myDataRow)
End If
Next
End If
For Each d In Directory.GetDirectories(sLocation)
If cbFolderNames.Checked = True Then
sSearchTarget = LCase(d)
If sSearchTarget.Contains(mySearchterm) Then
myDataRow = dtResults.NewRow()
myDataRow(dtResults.Columns(0)) = "Folder"
myDataRow(dtResults.Columns(1)) = d
dtResults.Rows.Add(myDataRow)
End If
End If
LoopSubFolders(d)
Next
End Sub
Private Sub BackgroundWorker1_RunWorkerCompleted(sender As Object, e As System.ComponentModel.RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs) Handles BackgroundWorker1.RunWorkerCompleted
btnSearch.Enabled = True
sbStatusBar.Text = "Complete"
DataGridView1.DataSource = Nothing
DataGridView1.DataSource = dtResults
DataGridView1.Columns(1).AutoSizeMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode.Fill
End Sub
Here's an example of how you might do it using the suggested ReportProgress method and ProgressChanged event:
Private table As New DataTable
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'Configure table here.
DataGridView1.DataSource = table
End Sub
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
'Setup UI here.
'Note that you MUST pass in the TextBox data as you MUST NOT touch the UI directly on the secondary thread.
BackgroundWorker1.RunWorkerAsync({TextBox1.Text, TextBox2.Text})
End Sub
Private Sub BackgroundWorker1_DoWork(sender As Object, e As DoWorkEventArgs) Handles BackgroundWorker1.DoWork
'Get the data passed in and separate it.
Dim arguments = DirectCast(e.Argument, String())
Dim folderPath = arguments(0)
Dim searchTerm = arguments(1)
SearchFileSystem(folderPath, searchTerm)
End Sub
Private Sub SearchFileSystem(folderPath As String, searchTerm As String)
For Each filePath In Directory.GetFiles(folderPath)
If filePath.IndexOf(searchTerm, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) <> -1 Then
'Update the UI on the UI thread.
BackgroundWorker1.ReportProgress(0, {"File", filePath})
End If
Next
For Each subfolderPath In Directory.GetDirectories(folderPath)
If subfolderPath.IndexOf(searchTerm, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) <> -1 Then
'Update the UI on the UI thread.
BackgroundWorker1.ReportProgress(0, {"Folder", subfolderPath})
End If
SearchFileSystem(subfolderPath, searchTerm)
Next
End Sub
Private Sub BackgroundWorker1_ProgressChanged(sender As Object, e As ProgressChangedEventArgs) Handles BackgroundWorker1.ProgressChanged
'Get the data passed out and separate it.
Dim data = DirectCast(e.UserState, String())
'Update the UI.
table.Rows.Add(data)
End Sub
Note that you should NEVER touch the UI directly in the DoWork event handler or a method called from it. ONLY touch the UI on the UI thread. That means that the text in your TextBoxes must be extracted BEFORE calling RunWorkerAsync. You can eithewr pass the Strings in as arguments or you can assign them to fields and access them from there on any thread. Don't EVER access a member of a control on other than the UI thread. Some times it will work, sometimes it will appear to work but not do as intended and sometimes it will crash your app. So that you don't have to remember which specific scenarios cause which result, avoid such scenario altogether.
I haven't tested this code so I'm not sure but you may have to call Refresh on the grid or the form after adding the new row to the DataTable.
Variables
Well, let's start from the top with some class level variables:
'Notice the enabled properties.
Private WithEvents BackgroundWorker1 As New BackgroundWorker With {.WorkerReportsProgress = True, .WorkerSupportsCancellation = True}
'To monitor the cancellation, set by the Cancel Button.
Private bgwCancel As Boolean = False
'The DGV source.
Private dtResults As New DataTable
'The start directory.
Private startDir As String
'The search keyword.
Private searchWord As String
'Whether to search the sub directories, from a check box for example.
Private includeSubDirectories As Boolean = True
'Whether to search the files, from another check box.
Private includeFiles As Boolean = True
The Constructor
Prepare your DGV and whatever else you need here.
Sub New()
dtResults.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("Type", Type.GetType("System.String")))
dtResults.Columns.Add(New DataColumn("Search Result", Type.GetType("System.String")))
DataGridView1.DataSource = dtResults
DataGridView1.Columns(1).AutoSizeMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode.Fill
'Make sure you add the image column after binding the data source.
Dim imgCol As New DataGridViewImageColumn(False)
With imgCol
.Image = Nothing
.Name = "imgCol"
.HeaderText = ""
.Width = 50
.DefaultCellStyle.NullValue = Nothing
End With
DataGridView1.Columns.Insert(0, imgCol)
End Sub
Iterator
Now, let's write the search routine. I'd do that through an Iterator function:
Private Iterator Function IterateFolders(startDir As String, includeFiles As Boolean, includeSubDir As Boolean) As IEnumerable(Of String)
For Each dirName In IO.Directory.EnumerateDirectories(startDir)
Yield dirName
If includeFiles Then
For Each fileName In IO.Directory.EnumerateFiles(startDir)
Yield fileName
Next
End If
If includeSubDir Then
For Each subDir In IterateFolders(dirName, includeFiles, includeSubDir)
Yield subDir
Next
End If
Next
End Function
The Main Thread Updater
A routine called by the worker's thread to update the DataTable and any control that belongs to the main thread:
Private Sub AddSearchResult(path As String)
If InvokeRequired Then
Invoke(Sub() AddSearchResult(path))
Else
dtResults.Rows.Add(If(IO.File.Exists(path), "File", "Folder"), path)
sbStatusBar.Text = $"Searching {path}"
End If
End Sub
Start
In the click event of the start button, do the necessary validations, assign the values to their variables, and start the back ground worker:
If String.IsNullOrEmpty(txtSearchKeyword.Text) Then Return
If String.IsNullOrEmpty(txtSearchLocation.Text) Then Return
bgwCancel = False
dtResults.Rows.Clear()
startDir = txtSearchLocation.Text
searchWord = txtSearchKeyword.Text.ToLower
includeSubDirectories = chkIncludeSubDirs.Checked
includeFiles = chkFiles.Checked
btnSearch.Enabled = False
sbStatusBar.Text = "Searching..."
BackgroundWorker1.RunWorkerAsync()
Cancel
To cancel the search, in the click event of the cancel button I presume, True the bgwCancel variable:
bgwCancel = True
The BackgroundWorker - DoWork
Private Sub BackgroundWorker1_DoWork(sender As Object, e As DoWorkEventArgs) Handles BackgroundWorker1.DoWork
For Each item As String In IterateFolders(startDir, includeFiles, includeSubDirectories)
If bgwCancel Then
BackgroundWorker1.CancelAsync()
Return
End If
If item.ToLower.Contains(searchWord) Then
AddSearchResult(item)
End If
Threading.Thread.Sleep(100)
Next
End Sub
Note that, Its good practice to give a lengthy routine a BREATH through the Sleep(ms) method of that thread.
The BackgroundWorker - ProgressChanged
I don't think you need it here.
The BackgroundWorker - RunWorkerCompleted
Private Sub BackgroundWorker1_RunWorkerCompleted(sender As Object, e As RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs) Handles BackgroundWorker1.RunWorkerCompleted
If bgwCancel Then
sbStatusBar.Text = "Canceled!"
MessageBox.Show("Canceled by you!")
ElseIf e.Error IsNot Nothing Then
sbStatusBar.Text = "Error!"
MessageBox.Show(e.Error.Message)
Else
sbStatusBar.Text = "Complete"
'YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO THIS. Remove the following
'DataGridView1.DataSource = Nothing
'DataGridView1.DataSource = dtResults
'DataGridView1.Columns(1).AutoSizeMode = DataGridViewAutoSizeColumnMode.Fill
End If
btnSearch.Enabled = True
End Sub
The Image Column
Handle the RowsAdded event of the DGV as follow:
Private Sub DataGridView1_RowsAdded(sender As Object, e As DataGridViewRowsAddedEventArgs) Handles DataGridView1.RowsAdded
If DataGridView1.Columns.Count < 3 Then Return
'if you want to get rid of the default x image.
If e.RowIndex = 0 Then
DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells("imgCol").Value = Nothing
End If
Dim path As String = DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells(2).Value?.ToString
If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(path) Then
If IO.File.Exists(path) Then
DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells("imgCol").Value = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(path).ToBitmap
Else
DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells("imgCol").Value = My.Resources.Folder
End If
End If
End Sub
Where the My.Resources.Folder is an icon file of your choice for the folder entries.
Good luck.

How to show MsgBox after finishing unzip process

I have this code:
Private Sub KickoffExtract()
actionStatus.Text = "Se instaleaza actualizarea.. va rugam asteptati."
lblProgress.Text = "Se extrage..."
Dim args(2) As String
args(0) = GetSettingItem("./updUrl.info", "UPDATE_FILENAME")
args(1) = extractPath
_backgroundWorker1 = New System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker()
_backgroundWorker1.WorkerSupportsCancellation = False
_backgroundWorker1.WorkerReportsProgress = False
AddHandler Me._backgroundWorker1.DoWork, New DoWorkEventHandler(AddressOf Me.UnzipFile)
_backgroundWorker1.RunWorkerAsync(args)
End Sub
Private Sub UnzipFile(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DoWorkEventArgs)
Dim extractCancelled As Boolean = False
Dim args() As String = e.Argument
Dim zipToRead As String = args(0)
Dim extractDir As String = args(1)
Try
Using zip As ZipFile = ZipFile.Read(zipToRead)
totalEntriesToProcess = zip.Entries.Count
SetProgressBarMax(zip.Entries.Count)
AddHandler zip.ExtractProgress, New EventHandler(Of ExtractProgressEventArgs)(AddressOf Me.zip_ExtractProgress)
zip.ExtractAll(extractDir, Ionic.Zip.ExtractExistingFileAction.OverwriteSilently)
End Using
Catch ex1 As Exception
MessageBox.Show(String.Format("Actualizatorul a intampinat o problema in extragerea pachetului. {0}", ex1.Message), "Error Extracting", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation, MessageBoxDefaultButton.Button1)
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub SetProgressBarMax(ByVal n As Integer)
If ProgBar.InvokeRequired Then
ProgBar.Invoke(New Action(Of Integer)(AddressOf SetProgressBarMax), New Object() {n})
Else
ProgBar.Value = 0
ProgBar.Maximum = n
ProgBar.Step = 1
End If
End Sub
Private Sub zip_ExtractProgress(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ExtractProgressEventArgs)
If _operationCanceled Then
e.Cancel = True
Return
End If
If (e.EventType = Ionic.Zip.ZipProgressEventType.Extracting_AfterExtractEntry) Then
StepEntryProgress(e)
ElseIf (e.EventType = ZipProgressEventType.Extracting_BeforeExtractAll) Then
End If
End Sub
Private Sub StepEntryProgress(ByVal e As ExtractProgressEventArgs)
If ProgBar.InvokeRequired Then
ProgBar.Invoke(New ZipProgress(AddressOf StepEntryProgress), New Object() {e})
Else
ProgBar.PerformStep()
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100)
nFilesCompleted = nFilesCompleted + 1
lblProgress.Text = String.Format("{0} din {1} fisiere...({2})", nFilesCompleted, totalEntriesToProcess, e.CurrentEntry.FileName)
Me.Update()
End If
End Sub
and this code on a button:
If Not File.Exists("./" + GetSettingItem("./updUrl.info", "UPDATE_FILENAME")) Then
MessageBox.Show("Actualizarea nu s-a descarcat corespunzator.", "Nu se poate extrage", MessageBoxButtons.OK)
End If
If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty("./" + GetSettingItem("./updUrl.info", "UPDATE_FILENAME")) And
Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(extractPath) Then
If Not Directory.Exists(extractPath) Then
Directory.CreateDirectory(extractPath)
End If
nFilesCompleted = 0
_operationCanceled = False
btnUnzip.Enabled = False
KickoffExtract()
End If
How can I show a message after completing the UnZip process? I tried
If ProgBar.Maximum Then
MsgBox("finish")
End If
but it doesn't work. I'm using dotnetzip 1.9, and the most of the code is from UnZip example.
If you check the documentation of BackgroundWorker you will notice that there are two events that can be linked to an event handler in your code.
One of them is the RunWorkerCompleted and in the MSDN page they say
Occurs when the background operation has completed, has been canceled,
or has raised an exception.
So, it is just a matter to write an event handler and bind the event.
AddHandler Me._backgroundWorker1.RunWorkerCompleted, New RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(AddressOf Me.UnzipComplete)
and then
Private Sub UnzipComplete(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs)
If e.Cancelled = True Then
MessageBox.Show("Canceled!")
ElseIf e.Error IsNot Nothing Then
MessageBox.Show("Error: " & e.Error.Message)
Else
MessageBox.Show("Unzip Completed!")
End If
End Sub

VB.Net - Accessing WebBrowser via Multiple Threads

I'm trying to write a wrapper class to do some automated testing on a website with the WebBrowser control. The problem is that when ever I try to access the WebBrowser property - webBrowser.DocumentText - the thread fails and the property is empty.
Imports AutoItX3Lib
Imports System.Threading.Tasks
Imports System.Random
Imports System.Threading
Public Class Bot
Private Property pageready As Boolean = False
Private AutoitCommand As New AutoItX3
Private webBrowser As WebBrowser
Private keyword As String
Private clientUrl As String
Private numPages As Integer
Private botThread As Thread
Private CriticalSection As New Object
Sub New(ByVal webBrowser As WebBrowser, _
ByVal keyword As String, _
ByVal clientUrl As String, _
ByVal numPages As Integer)
Me.webBrowser = webBrowser
Me.keyword = keyword
Me.clientUrl = clientUrl
Me.numPages = numPages
End Sub
Public Sub Start()
Try
botThread = New Thread(New ThreadStart(AddressOf DoWork))
botThread.Start()
botThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA)
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End Sub
Public Sub Sleep(ByVal ms As Long)
Try
Thread.Sleep(ms)
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End Sub
Public Sub Abort()
Try
botThread.Abort()
Catch ex As Exception
'Do nothing
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub DoWork()
For i = 1 To numPages
SyncLock CriticalSection
SetWebBrowserNavigate(Url)
WaitForPageLoad()
Dim initHtml As String = webBrowser.DocumentText
Dim htmlLink As String = String.Empty
Dim links As HtmlElementCollection = webBrowser.Document.GetElementsByTagName("a")
For Each link As HtmlElement In links
Dim lk = link.GetAttribute("href")
If link.GetAttribute("href").Contains(clientUrl) Then
htmlLink = link.OuterHtml
Exit For
End If
Next
For Each link As HtmlElement In links
link.OuterHtml = htmlLink
Next
AutoitCommand.MouseClick("left", 100, 130, 1, 1)
End SyncLock
Next
Me.Abort()
End Sub
Private Sub WaitForPageLoad()
AddHandler webBrowser.DocumentCompleted, New WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventHandler(AddressOf PageWaiter)
While Not pageready
Application.DoEvents()
End While
pageready = False
End Sub
Private Sub PageWaiter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs)
If webBrowser.ReadyState = WebBrowserReadyState.Complete Then
pageready = True
RemoveHandler webBrowser.DocumentCompleted, New WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventHandler(AddressOf PageWaiter)
End If
End Sub
Delegate Sub SetWebBrowserNavigateCallback(ByVal url As String)
Private Sub SetWebBrowserNavigate(ByVal url As String)
If webBrowser.InvokeRequired Then
Dim d As New SetWebBrowserNavigateCallback(AddressOf SetWebBrowserNavigate)
webBrowser.Invoke(d, New Object() {url})
Else
webBrowser.Url = New Uri(url)
End If
End Sub
End Class

VB.NET: Code runs without error, but does not add item to listbox

I've got this embedded CMD on my form which I created using another person's code and everything works right. Inside one of the Private Subs (that seems to run every time a new line is written in the CMD output textbox), I've got a line which adds a item to a listbox (listboxs name is txtPlayerList) on another form labelled Status.
When this area of the code runs, it doesn't throw up any errors (and if I put a msgbox() on the same line, the msgbox() works). If I put the add to listbox line on form_load it works perfectly?
Here is my code, I've included everything from that form just in case (it is in the third sub from the top with the asterisks and comment "Get players and maybe other stuff as well"
Imports System.IO
Public Class Console
Public WithEvents MyProcess As Process
Private Delegate Sub AppendOutputTextDelegate(ByVal text As String)
Public LastLine As String
Public LastLineFormatted As String
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Dim LocalpathParent As String = Application.StartupPath() + "\MCserver"
'loads embed cmd
Me.AcceptButton = ExecuteButton
MyProcess = New Process
With MyProcess.StartInfo
.FileName = "CMD.EXE"
.UseShellExecute = False
.CreateNoWindow = True
.RedirectStandardInput = True
.RedirectStandardOutput = True
.RedirectStandardError = True
.WorkingDirectory = LocalpathParent
End With
MyProcess.Start()
MyProcess.BeginErrorReadLine()
MyProcess.BeginOutputReadLine()
AppendOutputText("Process Started at: " & MyProcess.StartTime.ToString)
'Resize with parent mdi container. Needs to be anchored & StartPosition = manual in properties
Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized
End Sub
Private Sub MyProcess_ErrorDataReceived(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Diagnostics.DataReceivedEventArgs) Handles MyProcess.ErrorDataReceived
AppendOutputText(vbCrLf & "Error: " & e.Data)
End Sub
Private Sub MyProcess_OutputDataReceived(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Diagnostics.DataReceivedEventArgs) Handles MyProcess.OutputDataReceived
AppendOutputText(vbCrLf & e.Data)
'*****************************************
'Get Players and maybe other stuff as well
'*****************************************
LastLine = Me.OutputTextBox.Lines.Last
If Status.ServerStarted = True Then
If Me.LastLine.Contains(" joined the game") Then
LastLineFormatted = Me.LastLine
LastLineFormatted = LastLineFormatted.Replace(" joined the game", "")
'***THIS LINE BELOW WORKS IN FORM LOAD, BUT NOT HERE FOR SOME REASON???***
Status.txtPlayersList.Items.Add(LastLineFormatted)
MsgBox("add lastlineformatted")
ElseIf Me.LastLine.Contains(" left the game") Then
LastLineFormatted = Me.LastLine
LastLineFormatted = LastLineFormatted.Replace(" left the game", "")
Status.txtPlayersList.Items.Remove(LastLineFormatted)
End If
End If
End Sub
Private Sub ExecuteButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ExecuteButton.Click
MyProcess.StandardInput.WriteLine(InputTextBox.Text)
MyProcess.StandardInput.Flush()
InputTextBox.Text = ""
End Sub
Private Sub AppendOutputText(ByVal text As String)
If OutputTextBox.InvokeRequired Then
Dim myDelegate As New AppendOutputTextDelegate(AddressOf AppendOutputText)
Try
Me.Invoke(myDelegate, text)
Catch
End Try
Else
Try
OutputTextBox.AppendText(text)
Catch
End Try
End If
End Sub
End Class
EDIT: Below is the code I have for form1 per request
'code
Public Class Form1
Public Localpath As String
Public Downloadpath As String
Public LocalpathParent As String
'when this form is closing, send stop to console to make sure it has closed and saved
Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
Console.MyProcess.StandardInput.WriteLine("stop") 'send an EXIT command to the Command Prompt
Application.Exit()
End
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'load stuff in background n stuff
Me.Show()
Me.Focus()
Configure.Show()
Configure.Hide()
Status.Show()
Status.Hide()
Console.Show()
Console.Hide()
End Sub
'CONSOLE.form
Private Sub ConsoleToolStripMenuItem1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ConsoleToolStripMenuItem1.Click
'Hide all forms
Status.Hide()
Configure.Hide()
'Shown Form that you want to load
Console.Opacity = 100
Console.Show()
WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal
Console.MdiParent = Me
Console.OutputTextBox.SelectionStart = Console.OutputTextBox.Text.Length
Console.OutputTextBox.ScrollToCaret()
End Sub
'STATUS.form
Private Sub StatusToolStripMenuItem1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles StatusToolStripMenuItem1.Click
'hide all forms
Console.Hide()
Configure.Hide()
'Show Form that you want to load
Status.Opacity = 100
Status.Show()
WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized
Configure.Size = Me.Size
Status.MdiParent = Me
End Sub
'CONFIGURE.form
Private Sub ConfigurationToolStripMenuItem1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ConfigurationToolStripMenuItem1.Click
'hide all forms
Status.Hide()
Console.Hide()
'Show form that you want to load
Configure.Opacity = 100
Configure.Show()
WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized
Configure.Size = Me.Size
Configure.MdiParent = Me
End Sub
End Class
'code
It seems that your original code to create an embeded CMD window was interfering with the code to update the listbox in another mdi child. After finding another way to embed a cmd console, and some fiddling around, It seems to be working Ok. I haven't been able to test pure server output yet though.
THere have been quite a few changes to the code that are too big to post here, but the Alternative embedded CMD is this.
Place this in general form declarations
'command prompt variables
Private strResults As String
Private intStop As Integer
Private swWriter As System.IO.StreamWriter
Friend thrdCMD As System.Threading.Thread
Private Delegate Sub cmdUpdate()
Private uFin As New cmdUpdate(AddressOf UpdateText)
Public WithEvents procCMDWin As New Process
This in your form_load Sub
thrdCMD = New System.Threading.Thread(AddressOf Prompt)
thrdCMD.IsBackground = True
thrdCMD.Start()
and these declarations within your form Class
Private Sub Prompt()
AddHandler procCMDWin.OutputDataReceived, AddressOf CMDOutput
AddHandler procCMDWin.ErrorDataReceived, AddressOf CMDOutput
procCMDWin.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
procCMDWin.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = True
procCMDWin.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
procCMDWin.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
procCMDWin.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe"
procCMDWin.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = LocalpathParent
procCMDWin.Start()
procCMDWin.BeginOutputReadLine()
swWriter = procCMDWin.StandardInput
Do Until (procCMDWin.HasExited)
Loop
procCMDWin.Dispose()
End Sub
Private Sub UpdateText()
OutputTextBox.Text += strResults
OutputTextBox.SelectionStart = OutputTextBox.TextLength - 1
InputTextBox.Focus()
intStop = OutputTextBox.SelectionStart
OutputTextBox.ScrollToCaret()
If OutputTextBox.Lines.Count > 2 Then
LastLine = OutputTextBox.Lines.ElementAt(OutputTextBox.Lines.Count - 2)
If Status.ServerStarted = True Then
'get element 1 of split
If LastLine.Contains(" joined the game") Then
LastLineFormatted = ExtractName(LastLine, " joined the game")
'If listlineformatted.contains(Players.allitems) then do
Status.txtPlayersList.Items.Add(LastLineFormatted)
Status.Show()
ElseIf Me.LastLine.Contains(" left the game") Then
LastLineFormatted = ExtractName(LastLine, " left the game")
'If listlineformatted.contains(Players.allitems) then do
Status.txtPlayersList.Items.Remove(LastLineFormatted)
MsgBox("remove lastlineformatted")
End If
End If
End If
End Sub
Private Function ExtractName(unformattedString As String, stringToRemove As String) As String
Dim temp As String = Split(unformattedString, "Server]")(1).ToString
ExtractName = temp.Replace(stringToRemove, "")
End Function
Private Sub CMDOutput(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal OutputLine As DataReceivedEventArgs)
strResults = OutputLine.Data & Environment.NewLine
Invoke(uFin)
End Sub

BackgroundWorker's ProgressChanged not updating UI until end of work loop

I am coding a WPF application that will grab email's off of an IMAP account, and then export them into a user-selected folder.
I use a BackgroundWorker to download the emails. However, my UI isn't being updated until the loop is over.
Any tips would be appreciated.
Class MainWindow
Public MailRepo As MailRepository
Private bw_Connect As New BackgroundWorker
Private bw_Save As New BackgroundWorker
Public Sub New()
InitializeComponent()
bw_Connect.WorkerReportsProgress = True
bw_Connect.WorkerSupportsCancellation = True
AddHandler bw_Connect.DoWork, AddressOf bw_Connect_DoWork
bw_Save.WorkerReportsProgress = True
bw_Save.WorkerSupportsCancellation = True
AddHandler bw_Save.DoWork, AddressOf bw_Save_DoWork
AddHandler bw_Save.ProgressChanged, AddressOf bw_Save_ProgressChanged
End Sub
Private Sub bw_Save_DoWork(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DoWorkEventArgs)
Dim worker As BackgroundWorker = CType(sender, BackgroundWorker)
If bw_Connect.CancellationPending = True Then
e.Cancel = True
Else
SaveEmails()
End If
End Sub
Private Sub SaveEmails()
Dim allMails As IEnumerable(Of Message)
'Get All Emails in Mailbox
Try
Dim mailBox As String
Dispatcher.Invoke(DirectCast(Sub()
mailBox = comboBoxEmailFolders.SelectedValue
End Sub, Action))
allMails = MailRepo.GetAllMails(mailBox)
Catch i4e As Imap4Exception
MsgBox("Error: Folder not found" & vbCrLf & i4e.Message)
Return
End Try
Dim msg As Message
Dim msgInt As Integer = 1
'Save each message
For Each msg In allMails
bw_Save.ReportProgress(100 / allMails.Count * msgInt, Nothing)
SaveMessage(msg)
msgInt += 1
Next
End Sub
Private Sub bw_Save_ProgressChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ProgressChangedEventArgs)
Dim percentDone As String = e.ProgressPercentage.ToString() & "%"
updateStatus("Saving Emails " & percentDone & " done.")
progressBarStatus.Value = e.ProgressPercentage
End Sub