New to Threading

[John Rugo]

Hi All,
I have the most basic understanding of using Threading. I have no problem
creating a thread, addressing it to a Sub Procedure, and Starting the
Thread. Works Great!

My problem is the following:
I have:

1.A function that returns a Boolean
2.The Function calls different Sub Procedures on a variable numbered basis.
(meaning the procedures can be called either once or a hundred times within
the function.
3.The Function and procedures write data to the Form.

All this works great without Threading.
When using Threading, AddressOF (Function) I get problems.

1.My form's display is not updated properly, or at least the list boxes and
datagrids go blank or Visibility = False.
2.If attempting to run the function again I get an error in the Main Forms
Module "Error Creating Windows Handle" on "MyBase.Dispose(disposing)"
3. Any form object the Functions and procedures references, such as
ListView, Label, DataGrid, become invisible after the thread completes and
they do not come back even if I specifically set the visibility to True
after the thread.

Any ideas on this would be greatly appreciated.
John.

[Armin Zingler]

"John Rugo" <jr***@patmedia.net> schrieb

Hi All,
I have the most basic understanding of using Threading. I have no
problem creating a thread, addressing it to a Sub Procedure, and
Starting the Thread. Works Great!

My problem is the following:
I have:

1.A function that returns a Boolean
2.The Function calls different Sub Procedures on a variable numbered
basis. (meaning the procedures can be called either once or a hundred
times within the function.
3.The Function and procedures write data to the Form.

All this works great without Threading.
When using Threading, AddressOF (Function) I get problems.

1.My form's display is not updated properly, or at least the list
boxes and datagrids go blank or Visibility = False.
2.If attempting to run the function again I get an error in the Main
Forms Module "Error Creating Windows Handle" on
"MyBase.Dispose(disposing)"
3. Any form object the Functions and
procedures references, such as ListView, Label, DataGrid, become
invisible after the thread completes and they do not come back even
if I specifically set the visibility to True after the thread.

A control must only be accessed from the thread that created the control. If
you want to access the control (a Form is a control) from a different
thread, you must call the control's Invoke or BeginInvoke method.
--
Armin

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[John Rugo]

Thanks, but could you please give me an example of how this works? I was
able to access the control on a form when threading a single Sub Procedure
in the form that accessed the form's controls.

The function is much more complex it seems.

Thanks,
John.

"Armin Zingler" <az*******@freenet.de> wrote in message
news:40***********************@news.freenet.de...
"John Rugo" <jr***@patmedia.net> schrieb

Hi All,
I have the most basic understanding of using Threading. I have no
problem creating a thread, addressing it to a Sub Procedure, and
Starting the Thread. Works Great!

My problem is the following:
I have:

1.A function that returns a Boolean
2.The Function calls different Sub Procedures on a variable numbered
basis. (meaning the procedures can be called either once or a hundred
times within the function.
3.The Function and procedures write data to the Form.

All this works great without Threading.
When using Threading, AddressOF (Function) I get problems.

1.My form's display is not updated properly, or at least the list
boxes and datagrids go blank or Visibility = False.
2.If attempting to run the function again I get an error in the Main
Forms Module "Error Creating Windows Handle" on
"MyBase.Dispose(disposing)"
3. Any form object the Functions and
procedures references, such as ListView, Label, DataGrid, become
invisible after the thread completes and they do not come back even
if I specifically set the visibility to True after the thread.

A control must only be accessed from the thread that created the control. If
you want to access the control (a Form is a control) from a different
thread, you must call the control's Invoke or BeginInvoke method.
--
Armin

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[John Rugo]

Thanks, but could you please give me an example of how this works? I was
able to access the control on a form when threading a single Sub Procedure
in the form that accessed the form's controls.

The function is much more complex it seems.

Thanks,
John.

"Armin Zingler" <az*******@freenet.de> wrote in message
news:40***********************@news.freenet.de...
"John Rugo" <jr***@patmedia.net> schrieb

Hi All,
I have the most basic understanding of using Threading. I have no
problem creating a thread, addressing it to a Sub Procedure, and
Starting the Thread. Works Great!

My problem is the following:
I have:

1.A function that returns a Boolean
2.The Function calls different Sub Procedures on a variable numbered
basis. (meaning the procedures can be called either once or a hundred
times within the function.
3.The Function and procedures write data to the Form.

All this works great without Threading.
When using Threading, AddressOF (Function) I get problems.

1.My form's display is not updated properly, or at least the list
boxes and datagrids go blank or Visibility = False.
2.If attempting to run the function again I get an error in the Main
Forms Module "Error Creating Windows Handle" on
"MyBase.Dispose(disposing)"
3. Any form object the Functions and
procedures references, such as ListView, Label, DataGrid, become
invisible after the thread completes and they do not come back even
if I specifically set the visibility to True after the thread.

A control must only be accessed from the thread that created the control. If
you want to access the control (a Form is a control) from a different
thread, you must call the control's Invoke or BeginInvoke method.
--
Armin

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[Armin Zingler]

"John Rugo" <jr***@patmedia.net> schrieb

Thanks, but could you please give me an example of how this works? I
was able to access the control on a form when threading a single Sub
Procedure in the form that accessed the form's controls.

The function is much more complex it seems.

Button1.BeginInvoke(New MethodInvoker( _
AddressOf ProcedureUpdatingControl _
))

Private Sub ProcedureUpdatingControl()
Button1.Text = "progress"
End Sub
MethodInvoker is a predefined Delegate but you can define one on your own to
be able to pass arguments to the procedure.

--
Armin

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[Armin Zingler]

"John Rugo" <jr***@patmedia.net> schrieb

Thanks, but could you please give me an example of how this works? I
was able to access the control on a form when threading a single Sub
Procedure in the form that accessed the form's controls.

The function is much more complex it seems.

Button1.BeginInvoke(New MethodInvoker( _
AddressOf ProcedureUpdatingControl _
))

Private Sub ProcedureUpdatingControl()
Button1.Text = "progress"
End Sub
MethodInvoker is a predefined Delegate but you can define one on your own to
be able to pass arguments to the procedure.

--
Armin

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