DoEvents in .Net

From: powerman (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 08:06:03 -0700

My program does a long loop to read data through the port. Sometimes it freezes in the middle. Does .Net have something like DoEvents in VB6 that will check the other tasks that need to be done? Thanks for the help.