I need to tackle the question of threading in Visual C# application development. In its most basic use, I will need to "branch out" to SQL SPs (for example), but need to be able to inform the user that "I'm doing something" - such as the following outline:
1- user clicks a button
2- C# puts up a message saying "blah blah blah"
3- C# makes a call to SQL to process data and load a datagridview
4- C# resumes normal operation (i.e. takes down the message, or replaces it
with an error if something goes wrong).
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm new to this kind of C# programming, please do NOT assume any knowledge on my part of the THREADING terminology or specific THREADING methodology involved in making sure that step #2 above is executed BEFORE step #3, and that step #4 executes after step #3 completes.
Many thanks.
Avrohom