For sending a progress report out from a BackgroundWorker you use ReportProgress()
inside your DoWork
method.
void worker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
BackgroundWorker theWorker = (BackgroundWorker)sender;
theWorker.ReportProgress(0, "just starting");
BackupParams bp = (BackupParams)e.Argument;
...
This then fires off your worker_ProgressChanged
method, so you can take the report from there into your controls.
The trick is that you have to make another function to handle the progress change with your zip creation. You can't access your UI controls here because they are on a different thread. You should be able to create a lambda for this (and I don't know the exact parameters, please fix if I'm wrong)
zf.SaveProgress += (sender, eventArgs) =>
{
// Check if EvenType equals Saving_AfterWriteEntry or NullReferenceException will be thrown
if (eventArgs.EventType == ProgressEventType.Saving_AfterWriteEntry)
{
theWorker.ReportProgress(eventArgs.EntriesSaved, "Saving "+ eventArgs.CurrentEntry.FileName);
}
};
zf.AddProgress += (sender, eventArgs) =>
{
// Check if EventType equals Adding_afterAddEntry or NullReferenceException will be thrown
if (eventArgs.EventType == ZipProgressEventType.Adding_afterAddEntry)
{
theWorker.ReportProgress(eventArgs.EntriesAdded, "Adding "+ eventArgs.CurrentEntry.FileName);
}
};