using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace AsyncDemo
{
    class MyForm:Form
    {
        Label lblInfo;
        Button btnCaculate;
        public MyForm()
        {
            lblInfo = new Label { Location = new System.Drawing.Point(10, 20), Text = "Length" };
            btnCaculate = new Button { Location = new System.Drawing.Point(10, 50), Text = "GetLength" };
            btnCaculate.Click += DisplayWebsiteLength;
            AutoSize = true;
            this.Controls.Add(lblInfo);
            this.Controls.Add(btnCaculate);
        }
    
        async void DisplayWebsiteLength(object sender,EventArgs e)
        {
            lblInfo.Text = "Fetching...";
            using (System.Net.Http.HttpClient client = new System.Net.Http.HttpClient())
            {
                //string text = await client.GetStringAsync("http://flaaash.cnblogs.com");
                //lblInfo.Text = text.Length.ToString();

                Task<string> task = client.GetStringAsync("http://www.sina.com");
                string contents = await task;
                lblInfo.Text = contents.Length.ToString();
            }
        }
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Application.Run(new MyForm());

        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace AsyncDemo
{
    class BackWorker : Form
    {
        Label lblInfo;
        Button btnCaculate;
        System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker worker;

        BackWorker()
        {
            lblInfo = new Label { Location = new System.Drawing.Point(10, 20), Text = "Length" };
            btnCaculate = new Button { Location = new System.Drawing.Point(10, 50), Text = "GetLength" };
            btnCaculate.Click += (o, e) => { worker.RunWorkerAsync(); };
            this.Controls.Add(lblInfo);
            this.Controls.Add(btnCaculate);

            worker = new System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker();
            worker.DoWork += (o, e) =>
            {
                System.Net.WebClient client = new System.Net.WebClient();
                string contents = client.DownloadString("http://www.sina.com");
                e.Result = contents.Length;
            };
            worker.RunWorkerCompleted += (o, e) => lblInfo.Text = e.Result.ToString();
        }

        public static void MainTest(string[] args)
        {
            Application.Run(new BackWorker());
        }
    }
}