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Q: Terminating a thread.

Hi!

I am starting up a thread that is listening for tcp connections in the
thread i am using

while (true)
{
// Handle the tcp stuff!!
}

and when i close the main program the thread remains, when i use
myThread.Abort( );

Is there a way to terminate the thread? Or do i have to send data to the
thread
telling that the "While (true)" should be false, and there for the thread is
self terminated?

How can i send data to an ongoing thread?

Any ideas, tips would be welcommed.

Regards
Martin

Aug 14 '06 #1
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Martin Arvidsson wrote:
Hi!

I am starting up a thread that is listening for tcp connections in the
thread i am using

while (true)
{
// Handle the tcp stuff!!
}

and when i close the main program the thread remains, when i use
myThread.Abort( );

Is there a way to terminate the thread? Or do i have to send data to the
thread
telling that the "While (true)" should be false, and there for the thread is
self terminated?

How can i send data to an ongoing thread?

Any ideas, tips would be welcommed.

Regards
Martin
Hi,

A good place to start is
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7a2f3ay4.aspx

But to summarise you should never really call Abort on a thread. If
your answer to that is what should I do if my thread might be blocked
in an IO call then you should refactor your code to use non blocking
IO.

If you need any more details or some examples drop me a line.

Best,

Nick
http://www.seecharp.blogspot.com/

Aug 14 '06 #2
You could also try setting the thread's IsBackground property. When you
exit your process all daemon (background) threads are stopped
automatically.

Jono

nick_nw wrote:
Martin Arvidsson wrote:
Hi!

I am starting up a thread that is listening for tcp connections in the
thread i am using

while (true)
{
// Handle the tcp stuff!!
}

and when i close the main program the thread remains, when i use
myThread.Abort( );

Is there a way to terminate the thread? Or do i have to send data to the
thread
telling that the "While (true)" should be false, and there for the thread is
self terminated?

How can i send data to an ongoing thread?

Any ideas, tips would be welcommed.

Regards
Martin

Hi,

A good place to start is
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7a2f3ay4.aspx

But to summarise you should never really call Abort on a thread. If
your answer to that is what should I do if my thread might be blocked
in an IO call then you should refactor your code to use non blocking
IO.

If you need any more details or some examples drop me a line.

Best,

Nick
http://www.seecharp.blogspot.com/
Aug 14 '06 #3
Read this http://laflour.spaces. live.com/blog/cns!7575E2FFC19 135B4!220.entry
point 4)

--
WBR,
Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/laflour

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not
cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche


"Martin Arvidsson" wrote:
Hi Nick!

I have enclosed code, perhaps you can tell right away what i should do.

Regards
Martin

"nick_nw" <ng****@gmail.c omskrev i meddelandet
news:11******** **************@ m73g2000cwd.goo glegroups.com.. .

Martin Arvidsson wrote:
Hi!

I am starting up a thread that is listening for tcp connections in the
thread i am using

while (true)
{
// Handle the tcp stuff!!
}

and when i close the main program the thread remains, when i use
myThread.Abort( );

Is there a way to terminate the thread? Or do i have to send data to the
thread
telling that the "While (true)" should be false, and there for the thread
is
self terminated?

How can i send data to an ongoing thread?

Any ideas, tips would be welcommed.

Regards
Martin
Hi,

A good place to start is
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7a2f3ay4.aspx

But to summarise you should never really call Abort on a thread. If
your answer to that is what should I do if my thread might be blocked
in an IO call then you should refactor your code to use non blocking
IO.

If you need any more details or some examples drop me a line.

Best,

Nick
http://www.seecharp.blogspot.com/


Aug 15 '06 #4

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