Backgroundworker won't report progress

You need to break your DoWork method down into reportable progress and then call ReportProgress.

Take for example the following:

private void Something_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e) {    // If possible, establish how much there is to do    int totalSteps = EstablishWorkload();    for ( int i=0; i<totalSteps; i++)    {        // Do something...        // Report progress, hint: sender is your worker        (sender as BackgroundWorker).ReportProgress((int)(100/totalSteps)*i, null);    }}

If your work can't be predetermined, try adding your own percentages:

private void Something_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e) {    // some work    (sender as BackgroundWorker).ReportProgress(25, null);    // some work    (sender as BackgroundWorker).ReportProgress(50, null);    // some work    (sender as BackgroundWorker).ReportProgress(60, null);    // some work    (sender as BackgroundWorker).ReportProgress(99, null);}

Modify the WorkReportProgress property of the backgroundworker object to true either in the properties window or in code.

You have to manualy call ReportProgress() to raise the ProgressChanged event.