Passing parameters to a thread

[goilaswati]

Hi,

I called a function of a class from a form like:

myController.BackupProc(myHandle);

In the class myController, I have the following code:

public virtual void BackupProc(IntPtr thisHandle)
{
      mBackgroundThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(DoBackup));
      mBackgroundThread.Start();
}

i.e. I am trying to start a thread from this function backupproc that I called from the form.

In DoBackup(), I have to do the following:

private void DoBackup()
{
   this.invoke(new BackgroundThreadCB(HandleDeviceBusy));
}

This I can do if I do not call a seperate class, but keep the code on the same form which makes it too busy.

I want a way so that I can pass the 'this' instance of the form from the form to the class and through the thread.

The problem comes here when I want to pass the instance of the form through the thread.
I am trying to do something like:

myController.BackupProc(myHandle, this);
public virtual void BackupProc(IntPtr thisHandle, Form1 thisForm)
{
      mBackgroundThread = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart(DoBackup(thisForm)));
      mBackgroundThread.Start();
}

this here gives me an error 'method required'. Kindly advise what needs to be done.

[Curtis Rutland]

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