I have a WebPostRequest class which looks like this:

public class WebPostRequest
{
    public const string Success = "OK";

    private WebRequest _webRequest;
    private List<string> _paramsList;

    public WebPostRequest(string url)
    {
        try
        {
            _webRequest = WebRequest.Create(url);
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
            throw;
        }
        _webRequest.Method = "POST";
        _webRequest.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
        _paramsList = new List<string>();
    }

    public void Add(string key, string value)
    {
        _paramsList.Add(String.Format("{0}={1}", key, HttpUtility.UrlEncode(value)));
    }

    public void UploadPdf(string postKey, string name, params UserControl[] userControls)
    {
        string fileName = FileHelper.GetTimestampedName(name, "pdf");
        string filePath = PdfHelper.Save(fileName, userControls);
        FtpHelper.UploadFile(filePath);
        this.Add(postKey, fileName);
    }

    public void UploadImage(string postKey, string name, Image image)
    {
        if (image != null)
        {
            string fileName = FileHelper.GetTimestampedName(name, "jpg");
            FtpHelper.UploadFile(fileName, image.ToByteArray());
            this.Add(postKey, fileName);
        }
    }

    public string GetResponse()
    {
        // Build a string containing all the parameters
        string parameters = String.Join("&", _paramsList.ToArray());
        _webRequest.ContentLength = parameters.Length;

        try
        {
            // Write the parameters into the request
            using (StreamWriter streamWriter = new StreamWriter(_webRequest.GetRequestStream()))
            {
                streamWriter.Write(parameters);
            }

            // Execute the query
            HttpWebResponse httpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse)_webRequest.GetResponse();
            StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(httpWebResponse.GetResponseStream());
            return streamReader.ReadToEnd();
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
            throw;
        }
    }
}

The WebPostRequest class uses a WebRequest object to POST to a web server and get the response. Note that all the files need to be uploaded before the POST is made.

The class is used like this:

bool success = false;
try
{
    WebPostRequest webPostRequest = new WebPostRequest(url);

    webPostRequest.Add("key_1", "value_1");
    webPostRequest.Add("key_2", "value_2");

    webPostRequest.UploadPdf("key_3", "pdf_name_1", userControl1);
    webPostRequest.UploadPdf("key_4", "pdf_name_2", userControl2);
    
    webPostRequest.UploadImage("key_5", "picture_name_1", image1);
    webPostRequest.UploadImage("key_6", "picture_name_1", image2);

    string response = webPostRequest.GetResponse();
    if (response != WebPostRequest.Success)
    {
        throw new Exception(response);
    }
    success = true;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    //display error messaage
}
if (success)
{
    //display success message
}

What i would like to do is add a window to display a status message and a progress bar (with marquee style). The window needs to be displayed from the WebPostRequest class, because this class is used in multiple locations in the app. The uploading tasks and the GetResponse method which may take a long time need to be executed on a different thread so that the UI thread remains responsive. Note that the helper methods can throw errors which are handled outside the WebPostRequest class.

What tips/suggestions can you give me? Any idea is appreciated.