Public Class Form1 Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form Dim m_Thread As System.Threading.Thread Friend WithEvents Button As System.Windows.Forms.Button Dim WithEvents m_Process As ProcessCalculations #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code " Public Sub New() MyBase.New() 'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer. InitializeComponent() 'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call End Sub 'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list. Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean) If disposing Then If Not (components Is Nothing) Then components.Dispose() End If End If MyBase.Dispose(disposing) End Sub 'Required by the Windows Form Designer Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer 'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer 'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer. 'Do not modify it using the code editor. Private Sub InitializeComponent() Me.Button = New System.Windows.Forms.Button() Me.SuspendLayout() ' 'Button ' Me.Button.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(104, 64) Me.Button.Name = "Button" Me.Button.TabIndex = 0 Me.Button.Text = "Button" ' 'Form1 ' Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13) Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273) Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control() {Me.Button}) Me.Name = "Form1" Me.Text = "Form1" Me.ResumeLayout(False) End Sub #End Region Private Sub Button_Click _ (ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _ Handles Button.Click m_Process = New ProcessCalculations() 'Create and start a thread to do background processing m_Thread = New System.Threading.Thread(AddressOf m_Process.Process) m_Thread.Start() End Sub Private Sub ProcessCompleted() Handles m_Process.ThreadDone 'Calculation process is complete, Beep() End Sub End Class Public Class ProcessCalculations Public Event ThreadDone() Public Sub Process() 'Process Calculations 'Signal that the thread is complete RaiseEvent ThreadDone() End Sub End Class