I am writing a code to test a COM object and one of its functions has an infinite loop.
Basically my code should run this COM object function in a different thread, give it some time to finish but if it doesn't, terminate it.
However, I encountered the following problems:
1) Thread.Abort wouldn't abort the thread because you can't use .NET Thread.Abort to abort unmanaged code.
2) AppDomain.Unloa d wouldn't do anything because it tries to abort all the threads.
3) I tried using Marashal.Releas eComObject and it resulted with:
"An attempt has been made to free an RCW that is in use. The RCW is in use on the active thread or another thread. Attempting to free an in-use RCW can cause corruption or data loss."
By now the only current options I see is either using somehow the original Windows API to abort the thread or create a process especially to test the function. Both methods seem like a lot of overkill for what I'm trying to do.
Anyone has any ideas?
Basically my code should run this COM object function in a different thread, give it some time to finish but if it doesn't, terminate it.
However, I encountered the following problems:
1) Thread.Abort wouldn't abort the thread because you can't use .NET Thread.Abort to abort unmanaged code.
2) AppDomain.Unloa d wouldn't do anything because it tries to abort all the threads.
3) I tried using Marashal.Releas eComObject and it resulted with:
"An attempt has been made to free an RCW that is in use. The RCW is in use on the active thread or another thread. Attempting to free an in-use RCW can cause corruption or data loss."
By now the only current options I see is either using somehow the original Windows API to abort the thread or create a process especially to test the function. Both methods seem like a lot of overkill for what I'm trying to do.
Anyone has any ideas?
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