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Shows how to use Eto.Forms with async/await and background tasks to perform long running work while keeping the UI responsive.
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using System; | |
using Eto.Forms; | |
using System.Threading; | |
using System.Threading.Tasks; | |
using System.Collections.Generic; | |
using Eto.Drawing; | |
namespace RunEtoWithBackgroundTasks | |
{ | |
class ProgressForm : Form | |
{ | |
ProgressBar progressBar; | |
public float Progress { | |
get { return progressBar.Value / 1000f; } | |
set { progressBar.Value = (int)Math.Round (Math.Min (value, 1f) * 1000f); } | |
} | |
public ProgressForm () | |
{ | |
Title = "Progress!"; | |
progressBar = new ProgressBar { MaxValue = 1000, Width = 200 }; | |
Content = progressBar; | |
} | |
} | |
class ImageForm : Form | |
{ | |
ImageView imageView; | |
public Image Image { get { return imageView.Image; } set { imageView.Image = value; } } | |
public ImageForm () | |
{ | |
Title = "Image!"; | |
imageView = new ImageView { Size = new Size (200, 200) }; | |
Content = imageView; | |
} | |
} | |
static class UI | |
{ | |
static Dictionary<string, Form> forms = new Dictionary<string, Form> (); | |
static T CreateForm<T> (string name) | |
where T: Form, new() | |
{ | |
Form form; | |
if (!forms.TryGetValue (name, out form)) { | |
form = new T (); | |
forms.Add (name, form); | |
form.Show (); | |
} | |
; | |
return (T)form; | |
} | |
static T GetForm<T> (string name) | |
where T: Form | |
{ | |
Form form; | |
if (forms.TryGetValue (name, out form)) | |
return (T)form; | |
return null; | |
} | |
public static void CloseWindow (string name) | |
{ | |
Form form; | |
if (forms.TryGetValue (name, out form)) { | |
form.Close (); | |
forms.Remove (name); | |
} | |
} | |
public static void ShowProgress (string name, float progress) | |
{ | |
var form = CreateForm<ProgressForm> (name); | |
form.Progress = progress; | |
} | |
public static void ShowImage (string name, Image image) | |
{ | |
var form = CreateForm<ImageForm> (name); | |
form.Image = image; | |
} | |
} | |
public class Program | |
{ | |
[STAThread] | |
public static void Main (string[] args) | |
{ | |
var app = new Application (); | |
// app.Invoke shouldn't be required here, but it is as of Eto 2.1 | |
app.Initialized += (sender, e) => app.Invoke (async () => { | |
for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) { | |
//process an i-th image | |
await Task.Run (() => { | |
// do actual background work here | |
Thread.Sleep (1); // simulate work | |
}); | |
UI.ShowProgress ("progress1", (float)i / 1000); //(create a form if not already shown and set the progress) | |
} | |
UI.CloseWindow ("progress1"); | |
for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) { | |
//take the-ith image | |
await Task.Run (() => { | |
// do actual background work here | |
Thread.Sleep (1); // simulate work | |
}); | |
var img = new Bitmap (200, 200, PixelFormat.Format32bppRgb); | |
using (var g = new Graphics (img)) { | |
g.DrawText (SystemFonts.Default (), Brushes.White, 0, 0, "Image " + i); | |
} | |
UI.ShowImage ("imageWnd", img); //(create a form if not already shown and set the image) | |
} | |
UI.CloseWindow ("imageWnd"); | |
app.Quit (); | |
}); | |
app.Run (); | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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