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C# Background Worker Append TextBox

first off I'd like to say I'm brand new to C# so I am not too aware with how the background worker is supposed to be implemented. I have a GUI program that basically pings a domain a returns the response to a textbox. I am able to get it to work normally, however, it freezes the code because it is running on the same thread which is why I am trying to implement a background worker.
Here is the basic setup
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
url = textBox1.Text;
button1.Enabled = false;
button2.Enabled = true;
bgWorker.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(bgWorker_DoWork);
bgWorker.RunWorkerAsync();
}
private void bgWorker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
do
{
if (bgWorker.CancellationPending)
break;
Invoke((MethodInvoker)delegate { monitor(); });
} while (true);
}
public void monitor()
{
textBox2.AppendText("Status of: " + url + "\n");
Status(url);
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(30000);
}
private void Status(string url)
{
// This method does all the ping work and also appends the status to the Text box as it goes through , as OK or down
}
I have not worked with bgworkers before and as you can imagine it's confusing. I've looked at tons of other articles and I can't seem to get it. Sorry if the code looks crazy, I'm trying to learn.

Use Microsoft's Reactive Framework (NuGet "System.Reactive.Windows.Forms" and add using System.Reactive.Linq;) and then you can do this:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var url = textBox1.Text;
Observable
.Interval(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(0.5))
.SelectMany(_ => Observable.Start(() => Status(url)))
.ObserveOn(this)
.Subscribe(status => textBox2.AppendText("Status of: " + status + "\n"));
}
You then just need to change Status to have this signature: string Status(string url).
That's it. No background worker. No invoking. And Status is nicely run on a background thread.

You've got several mistakes. First,
Invoke((MethodInvoker)delegate
{
monitor();
});
will call monitor() on your UI thread. In almost all cases you should not call methods on other threads. You especially should not call methods that block or do anything that takes more than a few milliseconds on your UI thread, and that is what this does:
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(30000);
Instead of calling a method on another thread; submit immutable data to the other thread and let the thread decide when to handle it. There is an event already built in to BackgroundWorker which does that. Before you call bgWorker.RunWorkerAsync() do this:
url = new Uri(something);
bgWorker.WorkerReportsProgress = true;
bgWorker.WorkerSupportsCancellation = true;
bgWorker.ProgressChanged += Bgw_ProgressChanged;
private void Bgw_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
textBox2.AppendText("Status of: " + url + ": " + e.UserState.ToString()
+ Environment.NewLine);
}
Your bgWorker_DoWork should look more like this:
void bgWorker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
while (!bgw.CancellationPending)
{
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(new TimeSpan(0, 0, 30));
var status = ResultOfPing(e.Argument as Uri);
bgw.ReportProgress(0, status);
}
e.Cancel = true;
}
and you should call it like this:
bgWorker.RunWorkerAsync(url);
You've got a second problem. BackgroundWorker creates a thread, and your thread is going to spend most of its time blocked on a timer or waiting for network responses. That is a poor use of a thread. You would be better off using completion callbacks or async/await.

The background worker is running on a thread pool thread, but your call to Status and Sleep is running on the UI thread. You need to move that stuff back into bgWorker_DoWork.

Try this code:
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
bool cancel;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
public void StartPinging()
{
this.cancel = false;
startButton.Enabled = false;
stopButton.Enabled = true;
responseBox.Clear();
responseBox.AppendText("Starting to ping server.");
responseBox.AppendText(Environment.NewLine);
var bw = new BackgroundWorker
{
WorkerReportsProgress = false,
WorkerSupportsCancellation = true
};
bw.DoWork += (obj, ev) =>
{
while (!cancel)
{
// Ping Server Here
string response = Server.PingServer();
this.Invoke(new UiMethod(() =>
{
responseBox.AppendText(response);
responseBox.AppendText(Environment.NewLine);
}));
}
};
bw.RunWorkerCompleted += (obj, ev) =>
{
this.Invoke(new UiMethod(() =>
{
responseBox.AppendText("Stopped pinging the server.");
responseBox.AppendText(Environment.NewLine);
startButton.Enabled = true;
stopButton.Enabled = false;
}));
};
bw.RunWorkerAsync();
}
delegate void UiMethod();
private void startButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
StartPinging();
}
private void stopButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
responseBox.AppendText("Cancelation Pressed.");
responseBox.AppendText(Environment.NewLine);
cancel = true;
}
}
public class Server
{
static Random rng = new Random();
public static string PingServer()
{
int time = 1200 + rng.Next(2400);
Thread.Sleep(time);
return $"{time} ms";
}
}

Erwin, when dealing with C# - threads and UI elements usually you will come across cross-thread operations i.e. Background thread with UI threads. This interaction needs to be done in thread safe way with the help of Invoke to avoid invalid operations.
Please look into below resource: InvokeRequired section.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/winforms/controls/how-to-make-thread-safe-calls-to-windows-forms-controls

run the progress bar in another thread

I am trying to show a progress bar when I click a button, and hide it when the work is finished. But when I show the progress bar in the button event handler, it doesn't work and is only shown after the work is done.
Here is my code:
private void Button_Click_1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
this.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke((Action)(() =>
{
loadingprgoress.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;
}));
int usresult, psresult;
con.Open();
SqlDataReader data = null;
String myQueryEdit1 = #"SELECT Username, Password FROM [dbo].[Table]";
com.CommandText = myQueryEdit1;
com.Connection = con;
data = com.ExecuteReader();
Random rnd = new Random();
int newrnd = rnd.Next(1, 100);
if (data.Read())
{
string userhash = GenerateHashWithSalt(data["Username"].ToString(), newrnd.ToString());
string passhash = GenerateHashWithSalt(data["Password"].ToString(), newrnd.ToString());
string userhash1 = GenerateHashWithSalt("admin", newrnd.ToString());
string passhash1 = GenerateHashWithSalt(pasbox.Password, newrnd.ToString());
usresult = userhash.CompareTo(userhash1);
psresult = passhash.ToString().CompareTo(passhash1);
if (usresult == 0 && psresult == 0)
{
con.Close();
dental_main_Window neww = new dental_main_Window();
neww.Show();
Close();
}
else
{
con.Close();
pasbox.Password = "";
}
Thread.Sleep(3000);
this.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke((Action)(() =>
{
loadingprgoress.Visibility = Visibility.Hidden;
}));
return;
}
}

This happens because your UI thread is doing all the work (accessing the database) and until it's done, it can't process any more messages (like showing the progress bar).
You need to do the opposite, show the progress bar in the UI thread without BeginInvoke and do the database accesss in another thread. When you the other thread finishes, you need to do a BeginInvoke on the UI thread to hide the progress bar.
Here is another important note: this.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke doesn't spawn a thread. It "pushes" the command to the queue of the UI thread because all UI operations must be executed from the UI thread.
Here is what you do:
private void Button_Click_1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
Show progress bar
Use Tasks to start your background process
Add a continuation task to your first task to send the message to the UI that the process has completed
In the continuation task use this.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke so that the UI staff happens on the UI thread.

Have a look at background worker (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.backgroundworker.aspx)
It allows you to run an operation on a separate, dedicated thread.
During the background computation, you can raise the ProgressChanged event to notify the UI and update the ProgressBar accordingly:
private BackgroundWorker _worker;
public Form1(string[] args)
{
InitializeComponent();
_worker = new BackgroundWorker();
_worker.WorkerReportsProgress = true;
_worker.RunWorkerCompleted += worker_WorkCompleted;
_worker.DoWork += worker_DoWork;
_worker.ProgressChanged += worker_ProgressChanged;
}
private void worker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
DoStuff();
}
private void worker_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
progressBar1.Value = e.ProgressPercentage;
}
private void worker_WorkCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
_running = false;
UpdateUi();
}
private bool DoStuff()
{
//...
_worker.ReportProgress(20);
//...
_worker.ReportProgress(20);
return true;
}
private void btnUpdate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
_worker.RunWorkerAsync();
}

UI in WPF needs to execute on the UI thread. And you recognise that because I can see you using Dispatcher.BeginInvoke to interact with your progress window.
Your problem though is that you are executing your long-running task also on the UI thread. When you do that you don't give the progress window an opportunity to operate. The thread is consumed by the long-running task and is thus unable to service the UI.
The solution is to execute the long-running task away from the UI thread.

How to use WPF Background Worker

In my application I need to perform a series of initialization steps, these take 7-8 seconds to complete during which my UI becomes unresponsive. To resolve this I perform the initialization in a separate thread:
public void Initialization()
{
Thread initThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(InitializationThread));
initThread.Start();
}
public void InitializationThread()
{
outputMessage("Initializing...");
//DO INITIALIZATION
outputMessage("Initialization Complete");
}
I have read a few articles about the BackgroundWorker and how it should allow me to keep my application responsive without ever having to write a thread to perform lengthy tasks but I haven't had any success trying to implement it, could anyone tell how I would do this using the BackgroundWorker?

Add using
using System.ComponentModel;
Declare Background Worker:
private readonly BackgroundWorker worker = new BackgroundWorker();
Subscribe to events:
worker.DoWork += worker_DoWork;
worker.RunWorkerCompleted += worker_RunWorkerCompleted;
Implement two methods:
private void worker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
// run all background tasks here
}
private void worker_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender,
RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
//update ui once worker complete his work
}
Run worker async whenever your need.
worker.RunWorkerAsync();
Track progress (optional, but often useful)
a) subscribe to ProgressChanged event and use ReportProgress(Int32) in DoWork
b) set worker.WorkerReportsProgress = true; (credits to #zagy)

You may want to also look into using Task instead of background workers.
The easiest way to do this is in your example is Task.Run(InitializationThread);.
There are several benefits to using tasks instead of background workers. For example, the new async/await features in .net 4.5 use Task for threading. Here is some documentation about Task
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.threading.tasks.task

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Threading;
namespace BackGroundWorkerExample
{
class Program
{
private static BackgroundWorker backgroundWorker;
static void Main(string[] args)
{
backgroundWorker = new BackgroundWorker
{
WorkerReportsProgress = true,
WorkerSupportsCancellation = true
};
backgroundWorker.DoWork += backgroundWorker_DoWork;
//For the display of operation progress to UI.
backgroundWorker.ProgressChanged += backgroundWorker_ProgressChanged;
//After the completation of operation.
backgroundWorker.RunWorkerCompleted += backgroundWorker_RunWorkerCompleted;
backgroundWorker.RunWorkerAsync("Press Enter in the next 5 seconds to Cancel operation:");
Console.ReadLine();
if (backgroundWorker.IsBusy)
{
backgroundWorker.CancelAsync();
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
static void backgroundWorker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
for (int i = 0; i < 200; i++)
{
if (backgroundWorker.CancellationPending)
{
e.Cancel = true;
return;
}
backgroundWorker.ReportProgress(i);
Thread.Sleep(1000);
e.Result = 1000;
}
}
static void backgroundWorker_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Completed" + e.ProgressPercentage + "%");
}
static void backgroundWorker_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Cancelled)
{
Console.WriteLine("Operation Cancelled");
}
else if (e.Error != null)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error in Process :" + e.Error);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Operation Completed :" + e.Result);
}
}
}
}
Also, referr the below link you will understand the concepts of Background:
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/1c8574/threads-in-wpf/

I found this (WPF Multithreading: Using the BackgroundWorker and Reporting the Progress to the UI. link) to contain the rest of the details which are missing from #Andrew's answer.
The one thing I found very useful was that the worker thread couldn't access the MainWindow's controls (in it's own method), however when using a delegate inside the main windows event handler it was possible.
worker.RunWorkerCompleted += delegate(object s, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs args)
{
pd.Close();
// Get a result from the asynchronous worker
T t = (t)args.Result
this.ExampleControl.Text = t.BlaBla;
};

WPF C# - Update progressbar from another thread

I'm stuck trying to update a progressbar from other threads ran in a different class. To explain what I do I think a picture will be better. I want to update the progressbar in the //HERE point :
I've tried using a delegate, tried with ReportProgress and I think i've basically tried to use everything google reported in the first 100 results, without success. I'm still learning WPF and this might be silly way to proceed, i'm looking for a quick and dirty way to get the work done but feel free to tell me what I should redesign for a cleaner application.
EDIT : More code.
In ExecutorWindow.xaml.cs :
public void RunExecutor()
{
// CREATE BACKGROUNDWORKER FOR EXECUTOR
execBackground.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(execBackground_DoWork);
execBackground.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(execBackground_RunWorkerCompleted);
execBackground.ProgressChanged += new ProgressChangedEventHandler(execBackground_ProgressChanged);
execBackground.WorkerReportsProgress = true;
execBackground.WorkerSupportsCancellation = true;
// RUN BACKGROUNDWORKER
execBackground.RunWorkerAsync();
}
private void execBackground_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
myExecutor = new Executor(arg1, arg2);
myExecutor.Run();
}
private void execBackground_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
MessageBox.Show("RunWorkerCompleted execBackground");
}
private void execBackground_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
ExecutorProgressBar.Value += 1;
}
// TESTING
private void updateProgressBar(int i)
{
ExecutorProgressBar.Value += i;
}
public delegate void callback_updateProgressBar(int i);
In Executor.cs :
public void Run()
{
string[] options = new string[2];
int i = 0;
while (LeftToRun > 0)
{
if (CurrentRunningThreads < MaxThreadsRunning)
{
BackgroundWorker myThread = new BackgroundWorker();
myThread.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_DoWork);
myThread.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_RunWorkerCompleted);
myThread.ProgressChanged += new ProgressChangedEventHandler(backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_ProgressChanged);
myThread.WorkerReportsProgress = true;
myThread.WorkerSupportsCancellation = true;
myThread.RunWorkerAsync(new string[2] {opt1, opt2});
// HERE ?
CurrentRunningThreads++;
i++;
LeftToRun--;
}
}
while (CurrentRunningThreads > 0) { }
logfile.Close();
MessageBox.Show("All Tasks finished");
}
private void backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
BackgroundWorker myBackgroundWorker = sender as BackgroundWorker;
string[] options = (string[])e.Argument;
string machine = options[0];
string script = options[1];
// UPDATE HERE PROGRESSBAR ?
RemoteProcess myRemoteProcess = new RemoteProcess(machine, script);
string output = myRemoteProcess.TrueExec();
// UPDATE HERE PROGRESSBAR ?
this.logfile.WriteLine(output);
}
private void backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
CurrentRunningThreads--;
}
private void backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
//myExecWindow.ExecutorProgressBar.Value = e.ProgressPercentage; // TESTING
//ExecutorWindow.callback_updateProgressBar(1); // TESTING
}
EDIT 2 : I got it! Simple in fact, but i guess I've been looking too close to find out.
In my ExecutorWindow class :
private void execBackground_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
myExecutor = new Executor(arg1, arg2);
myExecutor.Run(sender);
}
private void execBackground_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
ExecutorProgressBar.Value += 1;
}
And in my Executor class :
private BackgroundWorker myExecutorWindow;
[...]
public void Run(object sender)
{
myExecutorWindow = sender as BackgroundWorker;
string[] options = new string[2];
int i = 0;
while (LeftToRun > 0)
{
if (CurrentRunningThreads < MaxThreadsRunning)
{
BackgroundWorker myThread = new BackgroundWorker();
myThread.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_DoWork);
myThread.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_RunWorkerCompleted);
myThread.ProgressChanged += new ProgressChangedEventHandler(backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_ProgressChanged);
myThread.WorkerReportsProgress = true;
myThread.WorkerSupportsCancellation = true;
myThread.RunWorkerAsync(new string[2] {opt1, opt2});
CurrentRunningThreads++;
i++;
LeftToRun--;
}
}
[...]
private void backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
BackgroundWorker myBackgroundWorker = sender as BackgroundWorker;
myBackgroundWorker.ReportProgress(1);
// PROCESSING MY STUFF HERE
myBackgroundWorker.ReportProgress(1);
}
private void backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
myExecutorWindow.ReportProgress(1);
}
Thank you !

You can run any method on the UI thread with this very basic sample
this.Dispatcher.Invoke(DispatcherPriority.Normal, new Action(delegate()
{
this.progressBar.Value= 20; // Do all the ui thread updates here
}));
Running commands inside the Dispatcher.Invoke(...), you can actually interact with the UI from any worker thread, where otherwise you would get an exception.
If you really need to have the ultimate control on the background threads & main (UI) thread updates, here is a fantastic tutorial on that: http://blog.decarufel.net/2009/03/good-practice-to-use-dispatcher-in-wpf.html

You should be able to use the Dispatcher.Invoke method
e.g.
Dispatcher.Invoke(
new System.Action(() => myProgressBar.Value = newValue)
);

I got it! Simple in fact, but i guess I've been looking too close to find out.
In my ExecutorWindow class :
private void execBackground_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
myExecutor = new Executor(arg1, arg2);
myExecutor.Run(sender);
}
private void execBackground_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
ExecutorProgressBar.Value += 1;
}
And in my Executor class :
private BackgroundWorker myExecutorWindow;
[...]
public void Run(object sender)
{
myExecutorWindow = sender as BackgroundWorker;
string[] options = new string[2];
int i = 0;
while (LeftToRun > 0)
{
if (CurrentRunningThreads < MaxThreadsRunning)
{
BackgroundWorker myThread = new BackgroundWorker();
myThread.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler(backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_DoWork);
myThread.RunWorkerCompleted += new RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_RunWorkerCompleted);
myThread.ProgressChanged += new ProgressChangedEventHandler(backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_ProgressChanged);
myThread.WorkerReportsProgress = true;
myThread.WorkerSupportsCancellation = true;
myThread.RunWorkerAsync(new string[2] {opt1, opt2});
CurrentRunningThreads++;
i++;
LeftToRun--;
}
}
[...]
private void backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
BackgroundWorker myBackgroundWorker = sender as BackgroundWorker;
myBackgroundWorker.ReportProgress(1);
// PROCESSING MY STUFF HERE
myBackgroundWorker.ReportProgress(1);
}
private void backgroundWorkerRemoteProcess_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
myExecutorWindow.ReportProgress(1);
}

I found a really simple solution to create a thread to run any block of code as well as handle Invocation back to the main thread to change the control's properties. It works out of the box with .NET 4.5 and the lambda call on the Dispatcher could be adapted to work with earlier versions of .NET. The main benefit is it's just so blissfully simple and perfect when you just need a quick thread for some really basic bit of code.
So presuming you have a progress bar somewhere on your dialog in scope do this:
progBar.Minimum = 0;
progBar.Maximum = theMaxValue;
progBar.Value = 0;
Dispatcher disp = Dispatcher.CurrentDispatcher;
new Thread(() => {
// Code executing in other thread
while (progBar.Value < theMaxValue)
{
// Your application logic here
// Invoke Main Thread UI updates
disp.Invoke(
() =>
{
progBar.Value++;
}
);
}
}).Start();
You also need to ensure you have a reference to WindowsBase.dll
If you want a more reusable snippet of code running as the thread start you could use a method as the delegate but I find the inline lambda so easy for simple tasks and you don't need to deal with events as with the Background Worker approaches.

Multi threading in WPF using C# (with background worker)

I have written code to save an image which is generated by the application. The size of the image is around 32-35 MB. While saving the image to a BMB file, it is taking a long time, around 3-5 secs. For this purpose, I have used a background worker but when running the background worker, it shows an error like..."can't access the object as it is created on different thread".
Following is the code:
private void btnSaveDesign_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
Microsoft.Win32.SaveFileDialog sfd = new Microsoft.Win32.SaveFileDialog();
sfd.Title = "Save design as...";
sfd.Filter = "BMP|*.bmp";
if (sfd.ShowDialog() == true)
{
ww = new winWait();
ww.Show();
System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker bw = new System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker();
bw.DoWork += new System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventHandler(bw_DoWork);
bw.RunWorkerCompleted += new System.ComponentModel.RunWorkerCompletedEventHandler(bw_RunWorkerCompleted);
fName = sfd.FileName;
cache = new CachedBitmap((BitmapSource)imgOut.Source, BitmapCreateOptions.None, BitmapCacheOption.OnLoad);
bw.RunWorkerAsync();
}
}
void bw_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, System.ComponentModel.RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
ww.Close();
}
void bw_DoWork(object sender, System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
BmpBitmapEncoder encoder = new BmpBitmapEncoder();
encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(cache)); //here... it says cant access...
using (FileStream file = File.OpenWrite(fName))
{
encoder.Save(file);
}
}
I have declared "cache" as a global object. (A similar trick worked when I was programming in Windows Forms with VB.NET.)
ww is the wait window that I want to be displayed while the precess is being executed.
How to do this? Is there any other simple method for multi threading in WPF?

When WPF objects are created they are assigned to a Dispatcher object. This disallows any threads other than the creating thread to access the object. This can be circumvented by freezing the object by calling the freeze method. You would need to call Freeze on your bitmapsource object. Once you have frozen your object it becomes uneditable

Your problem comes about because you are accessing an object which is not created by the background worker thread. Normally this would happen if you access a UI control which is created in the main thread and accessed from different thread.
Use the code below.
Dispatcher.Invoke
(
new Action(
delegate()
{
BmpBitmapEncoder encoder = new BmpBitmapEncoder();
encoder.Frames.Add(BitmapFrame.Create(cache));
using (FileStream file = File.OpenWrite(fName))
{
encoder.Save(file);
}
}
)
);

I think you have to pass cache as a parameter to the new thread:
bw.RunWorkerAsync(cache);
and get it from the DoWork method:
var cache=(CacheType) e.Argument;

.NET framework provides a simple way to get started in threading with
the BackgroundWorker component. This wraps much of the complexity and
makes spawning a background thread relatively safe. In addition, it
allows you to communicate between your background thread and your UI
thread without doing any special coding. You can use this component
with WinForms and WPF applications. The BackgroundWorker offers
several features which include spawning a background thread, the
ability to cancel the background process before it has completed, and
the chance to report the progress back to your UI.
public BackgroudWorker()
{
InitializeComponent();
backgroundWorker = ((BackgroundWorker)this.FindResource("backgroundWorker"));
}
private int DoSlowProcess(int iterations, BackgroundWorker worker, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
int result = 0;
for (int i = 0; i <= iterations; i++)
{
if (worker != null)
{
if (worker.CancellationPending)
{
e.Cancel = true;
return result;
}
if (worker.WorkerReportsProgress)
{
int percentComplete =
(int)((float)i / (float)iterations * 100);
worker.ReportProgress(percentComplete);
}
}
Thread.Sleep(100);
result = i;
}
return result;
}
private void startButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
int iterations = 0;
if (int.TryParse(inputBox.Text, out iterations))
{
backgroundWorker.RunWorkerAsync(iterations);
startButton.IsEnabled = false;
cancelButton.IsEnabled = true;
outputBox.Text = "";
}
}
private void cancelButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
// TODO: Implement Cancel process
this.backgroundWorker.CancelAsync();
}
private void BackgroundWorker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
// e.Result = DoSlowProcess((int)e.Argument);
var bgw = sender as BackgroundWorker;
e.Result = DoSlowProcess((int)e.Argument, bgw, e);
}
private void BackgroundWorker_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
workerProgress.Value = e.ProgressPercentage;
}
private void BackgroundWorker_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Error != null)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.Error.Message);
}
else if (e.Cancelled)
{
outputBox.Text = "Canceled";
workerProgress.Value = 0;
}
else
{
outputBox.Text = e.Result.ToString();
workerProgress.Value = 0;
}
startButton.IsEnabled = true;
cancelButton.IsEnabled = false;
}