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In my Forms application, I want to run a background loop that executes ReadFile (P/Invoke) continuously. ReadFile will block waiting for data (to arrive from a USB device) and when the read completes, a Byte[] buffer needs to be sent to the main Form. I'm using BackgroundWorke r, and my read loop is in BackgroundWorke r_DoWork. I start the background process by calling RunWorkerAsync( ).

My question is this: is it better coding practice to have a while (true) {...} loop in BackgroundWorke r_DoWork that never exits (until the Form is closed) using the ProgressChanged event to send the buffer back to the calling Form, OR is it better to exit _DoWork when the bytes have been read (and not use ProgressChanged ), and pass those bytes back to the main Form via the e.Result object. Then in RunWorkerComple ted, call RunWorkerAsync( ) to restart the background loop?

Any thoughts on pros/cons of each approach or the best way to do this would be appreciated!
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