// This is the method that does the actual work. For this
// example, it computes a Fibonacci number and
// reports progress as it does its work.
long ComputeFibonacci(int n, BackgroundWorker worker, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
    // The parameter n must be >= 0 and <= 91.
    // Fib(n), with n > 91, overflows a long.
    if ((n < 0) || (n > 91))
    {
        throw new ArgumentException(
            "value must be >= 0 and <= 91", "n");
    }

    long result = 0;

    // Abort the operation if the user has canceled.
    // Note that a call to CancelAsync may have set 
    // CancellationPending to true just after the
    // last invocation of this method exits, so this 
    // code will not have the opportunity to set the 
    // DoWorkEventArgs.Cancel flag to true. This means
    // that RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs.Cancelled will
    // not be set to true in your RunWorkerCompleted
    // event handler. This is a race condition.

    if (worker.CancellationPending)
    {   
        e.Cancel = true;
    }
    else
    {   
        if (n < 2)
        {   
            result = 1;
        }
        else
        {   
            result = ComputeFibonacci(n - 1, worker, e) + 
                     ComputeFibonacci(n - 2, worker, e);
        }

        // Report progress as a percentage of the total task.
        int percentComplete = 
            (int)((float)n / (float)numberToCompute * 100);
        if (percentComplete > highestPercentageReached)
        {
            highestPercentageReached = percentComplete;
            worker.ReportProgress(percentComplete);
        }
    }

    return result;
}

// This event handler is where the actual,
// potentially time-consuming work is done.
private void backgroundWorker1_DoWork(object sender, 
    DoWorkEventArgs e)
{   
    // Get the BackgroundWorker that raised this event.
    BackgroundWorker worker = sender as BackgroundWorker;

    // Assign the result of the computation
    // to the Result property of the DoWorkEventArgs
    // object. This is will be available to the 
    // RunWorkerCompleted eventhandler.
    e.Result = ComputeFibonacci((int)e.Argument, worker, e);
}

private void startAsyncButton_Click(System.Object sender, 
    System.EventArgs e)
{
    // Reset the text in the result label.
    resultLabel.Text = String.Empty;

    // Disable the UpDown control until 
    // the asynchronous operation is done.
    this.numericUpDown1.Enabled = false;

    // Disable the Start button until 
    // the asynchronous operation is done.
    this.startAsyncButton.Enabled = false;

    // Enable the Cancel button while 
    // the asynchronous operation runs.
    this.cancelAsyncButton.Enabled = true;

    // Get the value from the UpDown control.
    numberToCompute = (int)numericUpDown1.Value;

    // Reset the variable for percentage tracking.
    highestPercentageReached = 0;

    // Start the asynchronous operation.
    backgroundWorker1.RunWorkerAsync(numberToCompute);
}

// This event handler deals with the results of the
// background operation.
private void backgroundWorker1_RunWorkerCompleted(
    object sender, RunWorkerCompletedEventArgs e)
{
    // First, handle the case where an exception was thrown.
    if (e.Error != null)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(e.Error.Message);
    }
    else if (e.Cancelled)
    {
        // Next, handle the case where the user canceled 
        // the operation.
        // Note that due to a race condition in 
        // the DoWork event handler, the Cancelled
        // flag may not have been set, even though
        // CancelAsync was called.
        resultLabel.Text = "Canceled";
    }
    else
    {
        // Finally, handle the case where the operation 
        // succeeded.
        resultLabel.Text = e.Result.ToString();
    }

    // Enable the UpDown control.
    this.numericUpDown1.Enabled = true;

    // Enable the Start button.
    startAsyncButton.Enabled = true;

    // Disable the Cancel button.
    cancelAsyncButton.Enabled = false;
}

private int numberToCompute = 0;
private int highestPercentageReached = 0;

// This event handler updates the progress bar.
private void backgroundWorker1_ProgressChanged(object sender,
    ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
    this.progressBar1.Value = e.ProgressPercentage;
}

private void cancelAsyncButton_Click(System.Object sender, 
    System.EventArgs e)
{   
    // Cancel the asynchronous operation.
    this.backgroundWorker1.CancelAsync();

    // Disable the Cancel button.
    cancelAsyncButton.Enabled = false;
}

if (worker.CancellationPending)
{   
    e.Cancel = true;
}


...


// Report progress as a percentage of the total task.
int percentComplete = 
    (int)((float)n / (float)numberToCompute * 100);
if (percentComplete > highestPercentageReached)
{
    highestPercentageReached = percentComplete;
    worker.ReportProgress(percentComplete);
}