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<Window x:Class="WPFThreading.BlockThread"
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
  Title="UI Thread Blocker" Height="300" Width="250">
    <StackPanel>
      <Button Name="button1" Click="button1_click">Go to sleep</Button>
      <Button Name="button2" Click="button2_click">Try Me</Button>
      <TextBox Name="textbox1"/>
      <Label Name="UIThreadLabel"/>
      <Label Name="BackgroundThreadLabel"/>
    </StackPanel>
</Window>

//File:Window.xaml.vb

Imports System.Windows

Namespace WPFThreading
  Public Partial Class BlockThread
    Inherits System.Windows.Window
    Public Sub New()
      InitializeComponent()

      Me.UIThreadLabel.Content = Me.Dispatcher.Thread.ManagedThreadId
      Me.BackgroundThreadLabel.Content = "N/A"
    End Sub

    Private Sub button1_click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
      System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(5000)
      Me.textbox1.Text = "Done Sleeping..."
    End Sub

    Private Sub button2_click(sender As Object, e As RoutedEventArgs)
      Me.textbox1.Text = "Hello WPF"
    End Sub

  End Class
End Namespace

16.115.Thread
	16.115.1.	Create a multi threaded web browsing application.
	16.115.2.	Show a Continuous Animation During an Asynchronous Process
	16.115.3.	Load the Data for a Window Asynchronously After It Has Rendered
	16.115.4.	Check Whether You Are Running on the UI Thread
	16.115.5.	Ensure That You Are Running on the UI Thread
	16.115.6.	A Cancellable ProgressBar While Processing on a Background Thread
	16.115.7.	Show a Continuous Progress Bar While Processing on a Background Thread
	16.115.8.	Execute a Method Asynchronously Using the Dispatcher Queue
	16.115.9.	Thread Sleep in Button Click handler
	16.115.10.	Execute a Method Asynchronously Using a Background Worker Thread
	16.115.11.	Track the Progress of a Background Worker Thread
	16.115.12.	Support the Cancellation of a Background Worker Thread
	16.115.13.	Create a Background Worker Thread in XAML
	16.115.14.	WPF Threading
	16.115.15.	BlockThread.xaml
	16.115.16.	Keep the UI from becoming non-responsive in single threaded application which performs a long operation.