public void updateTable(string tableName)
{
  // con is an instance of my form to access progressbar
  con.progressBar1.Minimum = 1;
  con.progressBar1.Step = 1;
  string dbQuery = "select summet from someting"

  con.progressBar1.Maximum = address.Tables[0].Rows.Count;
  MessageBox.Show("progress bar max " + con.progressBar1.Maximum);

   foreach (DataRow LonLat in address.Tables[0].Rows)
   {
       con.progressBar1.PerformStep();
       MessageBox.Show(con.progressBar1.Value.ToString()); // this is incrementing
       //plus updating table

   }


}

Window.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke((Action)(() =>
        {
            con.progressBar1.PerformStep();
        }

BackgroundWorker worker = new BackgroundWorker();
    worker.DoWork += (o, ea) =>
    {
     // your code goes here
       }
 worker.RunWorkerCompleted += (q, ea) =>
    {
      }
 worker.RunWorkerAsync();

public partial class Form1 : Form
   {
      private readonly int m_numOfSteps;

      public Form1(int numOfSteps)
      {
         m_numOfSteps = numOfSteps;
         InitializeComponent();
      }

      private void Form1_Load( object sender, EventArgs e )
      {
         progressBar1.Step = (int)Math.Ceiling( 100.0 / m_numOfSteps );
      }

      public void DoStep(string msg)
      {
         progressBar1.PerformStep();
         label1.Text = msg;
         label2.Text = String.Format( "{0}%", progressBar1.Value  );
         label1.Refresh();
         label2.Refresh();
      }
   }

   public partial class Form2 : Form
   {
      public Form2()
      {
         InitializeComponent();
      }

      private void button1_Click( object sender, EventArgs e )
      {
         using( Form1 f = new Form1( 3 ) )
         {
            f.Show();
            f.Refresh();
            Thread.Sleep( 1000 );
            f.DoStep( "AAAA" );
            Thread.Sleep( 1000 );
            f.DoStep( "BBBB" );
            Thread.Sleep( 1000 );
            f.DoStep( "CCCC" );
            Thread.Sleep( 1000 );
         }
      }
   }