C#

static string GetValue(string input)
{
	string[] output = input.Split('=');
	output[1] = output[1].Replace("\"", "").Replace(";", "").Trim();
	return output[1];
}

string MyReadLine = TextFile.ReadLine();
if(MyReadLine.StartWith("TabPage1"))
{
    string temp = MyReadLine.SubString(8);
    tabPage1.Text = temp;
}
else if(...

class SomeClass<br />
{<br />
  public Routine1()<br />
  {<br />
    // Show "Wait" cursor (hour-glass)<br />
    System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Current = System.Windows.Forms.Cursors.WaitCursor;<br />
<br />
    // reset completion flag<br />
    workDone = false;<br />
<br />
    ThreadStart ts = new ThreadStart(DoWorkWithStatusChecking);<br />
    Thread t = new Thread(ts);<br />
    t.Start();<br />
<br />
    // in this loop we wait for completion and<br />
    // processing GUI messages.<br />
    while( ! t.IsDone this.workDone )<br />
    {<br />
      // If you need to prevent user's interaction with GUI<br />
      // (clicking around, pressing buttons, etc.)<br />
      // you can pass message filter to Application.DoEvents()<br />
      System.Windows.Forms.Application.DoEvents();<br />
      // following line is here to prevent 100% CPU load<br />
      // but some people think it's not necessary<br />
      // i just dont have time to check it, 'cause it works just fine<br />
      Sleep(0);<br />
    }<br />
  }<br />
<br />
  bool workDone = false;<br />
<br />
  void DoWorkWithStatusChecking()<br />
  {<br />
    // This is what you want to do after status-checking.<br />
    if( this.Status )<br />
    {<br />
    }<br />
    else<br />
    {<br />
    }<br />
<br />
    // ... done, set <br />
    this.workDone = true;<br />
  }<br />
<br />
  bool CheckStatus()<br />
  {<br />
    // ... real status checking here<br />
<br />
    return ( true | false );<br />
  }<br />
} // end class SomeClass