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();