What is the best way to thread work in c#?

Question

What's the best way to thread work (methods) in c#?

For example:

Let's say I have a form and want to load data from db.

My form controls: 
 - dataGridView (to show data from DB), 
 - label (loading status) and 
 - button (start loading).

When I click the button my form is frozen until the task is done. Also the loading status does not change until task is done. I think async threading would be the answer?

So my question: what's the best way to handle this? I know there is a lot stuff about Threading, but what's the difference between them and how do you make it thread safe?

How do you solve this kind of problems?

Best Regards.

Answer 1

If using Windows Forms, you should look at BackrgroundWorker. More generally, it is often useful to use the ThreadPool class. And finally, it is worth to take a look at the new .NET 4's Parallel class.