Setting the lifespan of a thread

Hi Nicholas,

Perhaps Thread.Abort() method might help you?

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"Nicholas Beenham" <ni**********@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi all,

Is there a way to set the lifespan of a thread.

I am trying to start a process that may or may not have an outcome and want to finish it after a certain length of time finished or not.

So I have

Thread t = new Thread(new ThreadStart(targetMethod));
t.start();

how can I terminate t after a length of time I decide?

Thanks
Nick

So would I use a timer then call abort?

"Miha Markic" <miha at rthand com> wrote in message
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Hi Nicholas,

Perhaps Thread.Abort() method might help you?

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miha at rthand com

"Nicholas Beenham" <ni**********@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Oq**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi all,

Is there a way to set the lifespan of a thread.

I am trying to start a process that may or may not have an outcome and

want

to finish it after a certain length of time finished or not.

So I have

Thread t = new Thread(new ThreadStart(targetMethod));
t.start();

how can I terminate t after a length of time I decide?

Thanks
Nick

How about using Join(timeSpan). If you don't want to block the calling
thread, have it start a "joiner thread" that itself starts your worker
thread and then calls Join on it.

The "joiner thread" would call Abort on the worker thread when it gets
control, if the latter has not yet finished.
"Nicholas Beenham" <ni**********@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:Oq**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi all,

Is there a way to set the lifespan of a thread.

I am trying to start a process that may or may not have an outcome and want to finish it after a certain length of time finished or not.

So I have

Thread t = new Thread(new ThreadStart(targetMethod));
t.start();

how can I terminate t after a length of time I decide?

Thanks
Nick

Hi,

"Nicholas Beenham" <ni**********@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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So would I use a timer then call abort?

Yes, or the solution Fred suggested.
You might even spawn another thread which does the "dirty" job :)

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miha at rthand com