WPF threading C#

Question

I'm very new to threading. I hope someone can give me some example.

I'm trying to start a thread when user click on start button and do the following process:

private void btnStart_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    if (serialPort.IsOpen)
        serialPort.Close();
    try
    {
        //To set all the parameters for Serial Comm
        serialPort.PortName = "COM14";
        serialPort.BaudRate = int.Parse("38400");
        serialPort.Parity = Parity.None;
        serialPort.DataBits = 8;
        serialPort.StopBits = StopBits.One;
        serialPort.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII;

        serialPort.DataReceived += new SerialDataReceivedEventHandler(GotRawData);

        serialPort.Open();

        //To show that Com Port is Opened
        txtboxOutput.AppendText(DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm:ss tt") + " - COM14 is opened." + Environment.NewLine);
        txtboxOutput.ScrollToEnd();
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message.ToString());
    }
}

private void GotRawData() is a method where i do something to get some raw data from a hardware.

Answer 1

You might find the System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker class rather useful which in my understanding is the simplest way to execute an operation on a separate thread.