Simple multithreading

[Grant]

I have some code that iterates through a directry doing stuff and I would
like to get the results text box I have on the windows form, to update
accordingly. I have a progress bar that was working fine but when I put the
textbox on the form the whole form blanks until the processing is complete.

How would I go about using threads to keep the form components updating
themselves?

Thanks for any help,
Grant

[Jorge Matos]

Here's a primer on multi-threading by Chris Sells
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ms06112002.asp

Juval Lowy has a good component for running background tasks called
BackGroundWorker:
http://www.idesign.net/idesign/Deskt...ndex=5&tabid=8

HTH,
Jorge

"Grant" wrote:

I have some code that iterates through a directry doing stuff and I would
like to get the results text box I have on the windows form, to update
accordingly. I have a progress bar that was working fine but when I put the
textbox on the form the whole form blanks until the processing is complete.

How would I go about using threads to keep the form components updating
themselves?

Thanks for any help,
Grant

[Doker]

You are thinking about using
a = new System.Threading.Thread( addressof somesub )
a.start

?

[Grant]

Thanks Jorge,
Some useful info on that msdn link...

"Jorge Matos" <Jo********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Here's a primer on multi-threading by Chris Sells:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ms06112002.asp

Juval Lowy has a good component for running background tasks called
BackGroundWorker:
http://www.idesign.net/idesign/Deskt...ndex=5&tabid=8

HTH,
Jorge

"Grant" wrote:

I have some code that iterates through a directry doing stuff and I would
like to get the results text box I have on the windows form, to update
accordingly. I have a progress bar that was working fine but when I put
the
textbox on the form the whole form blanks until the processing is
complete.

How would I go about using threads to keep the form components updating
themselves?

Thanks for any help,
Grant

[Grant]

Yeah something real simple like that. I need to be able to have two threads,
thread A updates the windows form components, textbox and progress bar, and
Thread B does all the work (Occasionally telling Thread A where its at).

"Doker" <do****@wp.pl> wrote in message
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You are thinking about using
a = new System.Threading.Thread( addressof somesub )
a.start

?