Is there a smarter way than a busy-wait to check for download completion of System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFileAsync()?

Question

I\'m downloading a file using System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFileAsync(). The only reason for using the async version is to show the progress of the download. My code executio

Answer 1

Use an AutoResetEvent. Call its Set() method in a DownloadFileCompleted event handler, its WaitOne() method after the DownloadFileAsync() call.