Am I right in assuming that this can be done implementing MVVMLight? I understood that there is a INotifyPropertyChanged. It allows the "databindings" to be updated whenever a property changes (quoting Laurent Bugnion on Pluralsight).

Would that be a newbie thing, or should I wait until I grow up?


>>>>It seems that just setting Status.Text=someValue from within a click event does not (vfp) refresh until the event is completed. How can this be done (in C#) if one wants to show the status of a multistage procedure by setting the Status.Text?
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>>>If I understand correctly then you need to use a background worker to keep the UI responsive. e.g.:
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>>Right. Thank you very much. Was hoping for something simpler ;)
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>Just saw your PM so you were already on the right track.
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>In WPF everything is great but nothing is simple :-}
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>WinForms had the Application.DoEvents which could have updated your TextBlock OK but the form would be otherwise unresponsive between calls.
>Of course the downside of BackgroundWorker is that you have to ensure that, because the form is still responsive, the user cannot perform inappropriate actions whilst the task is running.