In C#, wait on the mainthread while continuing to process UI updates? (.NET 2.0 CF)

Question

I want to otherwise block code execution on the main thread while still allowing UI changes to be displayed.

I tried to come up with a simplified example version of

Answer 1

I went with something I haven't seen posted yet which is to use MessageQueues.

• The MainThread blocks while waiting for the next message on a queue.
• The background thread posts different types of messages to the MessageQueue.
• Some of the message types signal the MainThread to update UI elements.
• Of course, there is a message to tell the MainThread to stop blocking and waiting for messages.

Seems over the top considering the windows message loop already exists somewhere, but it works.