Creating a Pause in Execution

[C# Learner]

What's a nice way to create a non-blocking pause in execution?

Will I need to use some kind of timer for this, or is there a nicer
way?

[Vadym Stetsyak]

int pauseTime = 2000;
System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( pauseTime);

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What's a nice way to create a non-blocking pause in execution?

Will I need to use some kind of timer for this, or is there a nicer
way?

[C# Learner]

"Vadym Stetsyak" <pd****@ukr.net > wrote:

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What's a nice way to create a non-blocking pause in execution?

Will I need to use some kind of timer for this, or is there a nicer
way?

int pauseTime = 2000;
System.Threadi ng.Thread.Sleep (pauseTime);

Hi Vadym, thanks for your quick response.

The problem with that is - it blocks the current (GUI) thread. I'm
looking for something that will do this without blocking the current
thread.

Regards

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

C# Learner <cs****@learner .here> wrote:

The problem with that is - it blocks the current (GUI) thread. I'm
looking for something that will do this without blocking the current
thread.

What *exactly* are you trying to pause then? If it's another thread,
just make that other thread sleep instead.

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[Mark mm]

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"Vadym Stetsyak" <pd****@ukr.net > wrote:

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What's a nice way to create a non-blocking pause in execution?

Will I need to use some kind of timer for this, or is there a nicer
way?

int pauseTime = 2000;
System.Threadi ng.Thread.Sleep (pauseTime);

Hi Vadym, thanks for your quick response.

The problem with that is - it blocks the current (GUI) thread. I'm
looking for something that will do this without blocking the current
thread.

Regards

You'll have to use a separate thread for the GUI and the thing you want
to pause then use Vadym's solution. At first I wasn't sure what you
meant by non-blocking, in relation to other programs or within your
program,

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Thanks
Mark mm

[C# Learner]

Jon Skeet [C# MVP] <sk***@pobox.co m> wrote:

C# Learner <cs****@learner .here> wrote:

The problem with that is - it blocks the current (GUI) thread. I'm
looking for something that will do this without blocking the current
thread.

What *exactly* are you trying to pause then? If it's another thread,
just make that other thread sleep instead.

Let me clarify...

My GUI app has only a single thread. I would like to create a pause
in execution without blocking this single thread.

Right now I'm using a timer to do this:

private void Foo()
{
delayTimer.Star t();
}

private void delayTimer_Tick (object sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
delayTimer.Stop ();
DoSomething();
}

The effect here is that DoSomething() is called after a short delay.

Now, this works fine, but I was wondering if there's a nicer method of
doing this.

Thanks

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

C# Learner <cs****@learner .here> wrote:

Let me clarify...

My GUI app has only a single thread. I would like to create a pause
in execution without blocking this single thread.
I still don't understand what you really mean by a "pause" then. A
pause has to occur in *some* thread...
Right now I'm using a timer to do this:

private void Foo()
{
delayTimer.Star t();
}

private void delayTimer_Tick (object sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
delayTimer.Stop ();
DoSomething();
}

The effect here is that DoSomething() is called after a short delay.

Now, this works fine, but I was wondering if there's a nicer method of
doing this.

That sounds like it's basically another thread (a threadpool thread)
which is then calling back to your event handler. (I don't know whether
it's a System.Windows. Forms.Timer or a System.Threadin g.Timer though.)

That's basically what you need though - it's not what I'd describe as a
pause though, so much as scheduling something to occur at some point in
the future. You're not actually *pausing* anything, as far as I can
see.

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[Martin Maat [EBL]]

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C# Learner <cs****@learner .here> wrote:

The problem with that is - it blocks the current (GUI) thread. I'm
looking for something that will do this without blocking the current
thread.

What *exactly* are you trying to pause then? If it's another thread,
just make that other thread sleep instead.

I think he wants to make the main thread to go to sleep for a number of
seconds yet wake up and service GUI events as they occur, then get back to
sleep at the point it was initially laid to bed and wait for the remaining
time to be waken up by the alarm set when it was first put to sleep. Just
getting a grip on threads I guess :-).

I agree, he should explain the problem, someone will post a solution and
threads will make more sense to him.

Coming from a non-threaded background this is the way you think, I can
relate to that. In the old days we used to keep our system responsive by
doing our "background processing" on the one main thread in a loop, calling
Application.Pro cessMessages or the equivalent of that every x iterations so
the user could abort the operation by pressing a button that raised a flag
that would make the code leave the loop.

Martin.

[C# Learner]

"Martin Maat [EBL]" <du***@somewher e.nl> wrote:

I think he wants to make the main thread to go to sleep for a number of
seconds yet wake up and service GUI events as they occur, then get back to
sleep at the point it was initially laid to bed and wait for the remaining
time to be waken up by the alarm set when it was first put to sleep. Just
getting a grip on threads I guess :-).

I agree, he should explain the problem, someone will post a solution and
threads will make more sense to him.
I'm just thinking to make a simple pause without going to the extra
effort of writing and maintaining a seperate thread. Sure, I know how
this could be implemented with an extra thread, but I really want a
simple and neat solution here.

Never mind - I'll stick with the timer.
Coming from a non-threaded background this is the way you think, I can
relate to that. In the old days we used to keep our system responsive by
doing our "background processing" on the one main thread in a loop, calling
Application.Pr ocessMessages or the equivalent of that every x iterations so
the user could abort the operation by pressing a button that raised a flag
that would make the code leave the loop.
I've seen a lot of recent code that does this, believe it or not!
It's almost an abuse of the CPU.
Martin.

[C# Learner]

C# Learner <cs****@learner .here> wrote:

I'm just thinking to make a simple pause without going to the extra
effort of writing and maintaining a seperate thread. Sure, I know how
this could be implemented with an extra thread, but I really want a
simple and neat solution here.

Okay, so "pause" was a bad choice of word here. I'm thinking of
"pause" from a high-level -- from the user's perspective.