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Hello!

I've got a class, representing Windows Form (Form1);
When I launch new thread user interface e.g. Form1 stops responding until
the worker thread is completed.

So the question - how this can be avoided. Roughly speaking I need to
perform some job after the button click and while this job is completing
user GUI can respond.

Here is the code I'm using:
ThreadStart threadStart = new ThreadStart(DoSomething);

Thread thread = new Thread (threadStart);
thread.Start();

In the debuger thread.Start() returns immediately. But GUI freezes until the
work thread is completed.
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Vadym Stetsyak
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He, who commands the present - commands the past
Nov 13 '05 #1
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"Vadym Stetsyak" spoke:
Hello!

I've got a class, representing Windows Form (Form1);
When I launch new thread user interface e.g. Form1 stops responding
until the worker thread is completed.

So the question - how this can be avoided. Roughly speaking I need to
perform some job after the button click and while this job is
completing user GUI can respond.

Here is the code I'm using:
ThreadStart threadStart = new ThreadStart(DoSomething);

Thread thread = new Thread (threadStart);
thread.Start();

In the debuger thread.Start() returns immediately. But GUI freezes
until the work thread is completed.


Does "DoSomething" try to access UI components? That is *not* allowed.
For a general introduction into the whole topic, check out
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...ing/default.as
px

Cheers,
--
Joerg Jooss
jo*********@gmx.net
Nov 13 '05 #2
Actually yes. I am quite a newbie to Windows Forms and C#.
Thanks for the answer.

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"Vadym Stetsyak" spoke:
Hello!

I've got a class, representing Windows Form (Form1);
When I launch new thread user interface e.g. Form1 stops responding
until the worker thread is completed.

So the question - how this can be avoided. Roughly speaking I need to
perform some job after the button click and while this job is
completing user GUI can respond.

Here is the code I'm using:
ThreadStart threadStart = new ThreadStart(DoSomething);

Thread thread = new Thread (threadStart);
thread.Start();

In the debuger thread.Start() returns immediately. But GUI freezes
until the work thread is completed.


Does "DoSomething" try to access UI components? That is *not* allowed.
For a general introduction into the whole topic, check out
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...ing/default.as
px

Cheers,
--
Joerg Jooss
jo*********@gmx.net

Nov 13 '05 #3

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