/// <summary>
/// Creates a new ProgressDialog on its own thread, with its own
/// message pump.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="state"></param>
private static void ProgressDialogThreadProc(object state)
{
ProgressDialogReference reference = state as ProgressDialogReference;
Invariant.Assert(reference != null);
reference.Form = new ProgressDialog(reference.Title, reference.Message);
//Spawn a new message pump for this dialog
System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run();
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates an instance of the ProgressDialog in a new thread, returning a
/// ProgressDialogReference wrapper which will eventually contain a valid
/// reference to the dialog (when the dialog is actually instantiated.)
/// </summary>
/// <param name="title">The title to appear in the Titlebar of the dialog</param>
/// <param name="message">The message to appear in the dialog</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static ProgressDialogReference CreateThreaded(string title, string message)
{
ProgressDialogReference reference =
new ProgressDialogReference(title, message);
// Spin up a new thread
Thread dialogThread = new Thread(
new ParameterizedThreadStart(ProgressDialogThreadProc));
// Start it, passing in our reference
dialogThread.Start(reference);
// Return the reference -- the Form inside will eventually point to
// the dialog created in ProgressDialogThreadProc.
return(reference);
}