Reporting progress changes from the BackgroundWorker
<UserControl x:Class='SilverlightApplication3.MainPage' xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation' xmlns:x='http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml' xmlns:d='http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008' xmlns:mc='http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006' mc:Ignorable='d' d:DesignWidth='640' d:DesignHeight='480'> <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White"> <ProgressBar x:Name="myProgressBar" Height="30" Width="250" Background="White" BorderBrush="Black" BorderThickness="2"> <ProgressBar.Foreground> <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1.35" StartPoint="0.5,-0.3"> <GradientStop Color="#FF67E206" Offset="0"/> <GradientStop Color="#FF209900" Offset="0.418"/> <GradientStop Color="#FF67E206" Offset="1"/> </LinearGradientBrush> </ProgressBar.Foreground> </ProgressBar> </Grid> </UserControl> //File: Page.cs using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Net; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Controls; using System.Windows.Documents; using System.Windows.Input; using System.Windows.Media; using System.Windows.Media.Animation; using System.Windows.Shapes; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Threading; namespace SilverlightApplication3 { public partial class MainPage : UserControl { private BackgroundWorker backgroundWorker = null; public MainPage() { InitializeComponent(); backgroundWorker = new BackgroundWorker(); backgroundWorker.WorkerReportsProgress = true; backgroundWorker.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(backgroundWorker_DoWork); backgroundWorker.ProgressChanged += new ProgressChangedEventHandler(backgroundWorker_ProgressChanged); backgroundWorker.RunWorkerAsync(); } void backgroundWorker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e) { for (int i = 1; i <= 100; i++) { backgroundWorker.ReportProgress(i); Thread.Sleep(25); } } void backgroundWorker_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e) { myProgressBar.Value = e.ProgressPercentage; } } }