Activating timer from other thread

[Diego F.]

Hello. I have a multi threaded application (I use threadpool). The main
thread has some timers. In some circumstances, I need to activate one of
these timers from other thread.

I activate the timer with enabled property, but the tick event won't raise.

What's the problem with that? Any solution?

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Regards,

Diego F.

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Re: Activating timer from other thread

Diego,

One of the main purposes from using threads is that they are not working
synchonized but assynchroon.

If you now want a synchronized assynchroon sollution, than you should look
in my idea first to your solution. However just my idea.

Cor

"Diego F." <diego_frNO@msn .comschreef in bericht
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Hello. I have a multi threaded application (I use threadpool). The main
thread has some timers. In some circumstances, I need to activate one of
these timers from other thread.
>
I activate the timer with enabled property, but the tick event won't
raise.
>
What's the problem with that? Any solution?
>
--
>
Regards,
>
Diego F.
>
>
>

[Diego F.]

Re: Activating timer from other thread

Sorry, I don't understand you. What do you mean by your idea?

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Regards,

Diego F.


"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <notmyfirstname @planet.nlwrote in message
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Diego,
>
One of the main purposes from using threads is that they are not working
synchonized but assynchroon.
>
If you now want a synchronized assynchroon sollution, than you should look
in my idea first to your solution. However just my idea.
>
Cor
>
"Diego F." <diego_frNO@msn .comschreef in bericht
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>Hello. I have a multi threaded application (I use threadpool). The main
>thread has some timers. In some circumstances, I need to activate one of
>these timers from other thread.
>>
>I activate the timer with enabled property, but the tick event won't
>raise.
>>
>What's the problem with that? Any solution?
>>
>--
>>
>Regards,
>>
>Diego F.
>>
>>
>>

>
>

[Andrew Christiansen]

Re: Activating timer from other thread

Since you described using the 'Enabled' property on the timer, I see you're
using System.Windows. Forms.Timer. This is not good to use in multi-threaded
applications unless the timer is used entirely within the GUI thread (within
the form which contains the timer). Rather, use System.Threadin g.Timer
instead. It invokes a method of your choice asynchronously at the intervals
specified. Also, you could consider utilizing Threading.Sleep within a loop
on your thread to achieve timer like functionality.

Best regards,
Andrew

"Diego F." <diego_frNO@msn .comwrote in message
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Hello. I have a multi threaded application (I use threadpool). The main
thread has some timers. In some circumstances, I need to activate one of
these timers from other thread.
>
I activate the timer with enabled property, but the tick event won't
raise.
>
What's the problem with that? Any solution?
>
--
>
Regards,
>
Diego F.
>
>
>