How to thread a class - C# / C Sharp

Bryan Masephol

Hi All

I'm wondering how to thread my control class. I've got a main GUI class
that calls to the control class to perform all the work ( database,
processing, printing, ect... ).

What I'm looking to do is to thread that control class so that the GUI
dosen't "freeze" when a intensive process is called.

I've threaded in java before but am not quite sure how to go about it in C#.
I pretty much want my control class the run in its own thread the entire
time the program is running. Is this bad?

Thanks

Bryan

Nov 15 '05 #1

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Fred Mellender

You idea is a fine one. Code like:

Thread SolverThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(Solver));
SolverThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.BelowNormal;
SolverThread.Start();

will do the trick. Read the description of classes Thread and ThreadStart.
If you want your solver thread to put data to the UI you will need to use
Invoke.
"Bryan Masephol" <ma******@uwec.edu> wrote in message
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Hi All

I'm wondering how to thread my control class. I've got a main GUI class
that calls to the control class to perform all the work ( database,
processing, printing, ect... ).

What I'm looking to do is to thread that control class so that the GUI
dosen't "freeze" when a intensive process is called.

I've threaded in java before but am not quite sure how to go about it in C#. I pretty much want my control class the run in its own thread the entire
time the program is running. Is this bad?

Thanks

Bryan

Nov 15 '05 #2

Steven

May also want to take a look at the ThreadPool class.

"Bryan Masephol" <ma******@uwec.edu> wrote in message
news:e0**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi All

I'm wondering how to thread my control class. I've got a main GUI class
that calls to the control class to perform all the work ( database,
processing, printing, ect... ).

What I'm looking to do is to thread that control class so that the GUI
dosen't "freeze" when a intensive process is called.

I've threaded in java before but am not quite sure how to go about it in C#. I pretty much want my control class the run in its own thread the entire
time the program is running. Is this bad?

Thanks

Bryan

Nov 15 '05 #3

Ed Sutton

Steven wrote:

May also want to take a look at the ThreadPool class.

Dot .NET is not like Java in that you have a JVM that works the same on all
on supported platforms. If you need to support Win98/WInME, not all methods
in the ThreadPool class are supported.

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