How do I refresh visual control properties (TextBlock.text) set inside a loop?

Question

With each loop iteration, I want to visually update the text of a textblock. My problem is that the WPF window or control does not visually refresh until the loop is complet

Answer 1

I tried the solution exposed here and it didn't work for me until I added the following:

Create an extension method and make sure you reference its containing assembly from your project.

public static void Refresh(this UIElement uiElement){
    uiElement.Dispatcher.Invoke(DispatcherPriority.Background, new Action( () => { }));
}

Then call it right after RaisePropertyChanged:

RaisePropertyChanged("MyValue");
myTextBlock.Refresh();

That will force the UI thread to take control for a small while and dispatch any pending changes on the UI element.