Prevent a WinForms PictureBox animated GIF from pausing during processing?

Question

I have a form with 2 controls on it. Control 1 has several search criteria and the user can click a button to start the search. Control 2 has a GridView that will display the se

Answer 1

2 words: BackgroundWorker class. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/waw3xexc.aspx

Answer 2

You long running code runs in the GUI-Thread and blocks the internal message loop, so any GUI is stopping. Try to run your long running code in a separate worker thread.