VB.NET Marquee Progress Until Process Exits

Question

While I have some VBScript experience, this is my first attempt at creating a very simple VB.NET (Windows Forms Application) wrapper for a command line application. Pl

Answer 1

You can use the new Async/Await Feature of .NET 4.5 for this:

Public Class Form1
    Private Async Sub RunProcess()
        ProgressBar1.Visible = True
        Dim p As Process = Process.Start("C:\test\test.exe")
        Await Task.Run(Sub() p.WaitForExit())
        ProgressBar1.Visible = False
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        RunProcess()
    End Sub
End Class

Note the Async keyword in the declaration of the RunProcess sub and the Await keyword.

You run the WaitForExit in another thread and by using Await the application basically stops at this line as long as the task takes to complete.
This however also keeps your GUI reponsive meanwhile. For the example I just show the progressbar (it is invisible before) and hide it once the task is complete.

This also avoids any Application.DoEvents hocus pocus.