BackgroundWorker and foreach loop

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Published on 2010-04-26T19:46:18Z Indexed on 2010/04/26 19:53 UTC
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I have to process a loop with backgroundworkers.

Before I start a new loop iteration I need to wait until the provious backgroundworker has finished.

A while loop inside my foreach loop with isbusy flag doesn's seem like a good idea to me.

How should I design this loop so it waits for the bg-worker to end before iterating the loop

public void AutoConnect()
{
    string[] HardwareList = new string[] { "d1", "d4", "ds1_2", "ds4_2" };
    foreach (string HW in HardwareList)
    {
        if (backgroundWorker1.IsBusy != true)
        {
            backgroundWorker1.RunWorkerAsync(HW);
            // Wait here until backgroundWorker1 finished
        }
    }
}

private void backgroundWorker1_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{

    BackgroundWorker worker = sender as BackgroundWorker;
    string FileName = e.Argument as string;
    try
    {
        if ((worker.CancellationPending == true))
        {
            e.Cancel = true;
        }
        else
        {
            // Time consuming operation
            ParseFile(Filename);
        }
    }
    catch { }
}

private void backgroundWorker1_ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
    label1.Text = e.ProgressPercentage.ToString() + " lines";
}

private void backgroundWorker1_RunWorkerCompleted(object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
    if(e.Cancelled == true)
    {
        //this.tbProgress.Text = "Canceled!";
    }
    else if(!(e.Error == null))
    {
        //this.tbProgress.Text = ("Error: " + e.Error.Message);
    }
    else
    {
        label1.text = "Done!";
    }
}

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