How to implement multi-threading and parallel execute several tasks?

Question

I am new to threaded programming. I have to run few tasks in PARALLEL and in Background (so that main UI execution thread remain responsive to user actions) and wait for eac

Answer 1

To me it would seem like you want Parallel.ForEach

Parallel.ForEach(myTasks, t => t.DoSomethingInBackground());

Console.Write("All tasks Completed. Now we can do further processing");

You can also perform multiple tasks within a single loop

List results = new List(myTasks.Count);
Parallel.ForEach(myTasks, t =>
{
    string result = t.DoSomethingInBackground();
    lock (results)
    { // lock the list to avoid race conditions
        results.Add(result);
    }
});

In order for the main UI thread to remain responsive, you will want to use a BackgroundWorker and subscribe to its DoWork and RunWorkerCompleted events and then call

worker.RunWorkerAsync();
worker.RunWorkerAsync(argument); // argument is an object