Вы можете использовать Timer внутри BackgroundWorker и вызывать метод ReportProgress по истечении 500 мс.
В потоке пользовательского интерфейса вам просто нужно обработать ProgressChanged событие и показать / скрыть свой контроль, как требуется.
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
/// <summary>
/// Timer.
/// </summary>
private Timer timer = new Timer();
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="Form1"/> class.
/// </summary>
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
backgroundWorker1.WorkerReportsProgress = true;
backgroundWorker1.DoWork += BackgroundWorker1DoWork;
backgroundWorker1.ProgressChanged += BackgroundWorker1ProgressChanged;
timer.Interval = 500;
timer.Tick += TimerTick;
}
/// <summary>
/// Handles the Tick event of the timer control.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
/// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.EventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
void TimerTick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
timer.Enabled = false;
backgroundWorker1.ReportProgress(99);
}
/// <summary>
/// Handles the Click event of the button1 control.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
/// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.EventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
private void Button1Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
timer.Enabled = true;
backgroundWorker1.RunWorkerAsync();
}
/// <summary>
/// Handles the DoWork event of the backgroundWorker1 control.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
/// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
private void BackgroundWorker1DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
{
BackgroundWorker worker = sender as BackgroundWorker;
// Do your work...
Thread.Sleep(2000);
}
/// <summary>
/// Handles the ProgressChanged event of the backgroundWorker1 control.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sender">The source of the event.</param>
/// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.ComponentModel.ProgressChangedEventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
private void BackgroundWorker1ProgressChanged(object sender, ProgressChangedEventArgs e)
{
label1.Visible = (e.ProgressPercentage == 99);
}
}