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]

RE: Simple multithreading

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
BackGroundWorke r:

http://www.idesign.net/idesign/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=5&tabid=8

HTH,
Jorge

"Grant" wrote:
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> 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
>
>
>[/color]

[Doker]

Re: Simple multithreading

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

?

[Grant]

Re: Simple multithreading

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

"Jorge Matos" <JorgeMatos@dis cussions.micros oft.com> wrote in message
news:E202569F-9F88-48D0-8297-B5F23C9873EB@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> 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
> BackGroundWorke r:
> http://www.idesign.net/idesign/Deskt...ndex=5&tabid=8
>
> HTH,
> Jorge
>
> "Grant" wrote:
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>> 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
>>
>>
>>[/color][/color]

[Grant]

Re: Simple multithreading

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" <doker0@wp.pl > wrote in message
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> You are thinking about using
> a = new System.Threadin g.Thread( addressof somesub )
> a.start
>
> ?
>[/color]