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Jan 2nd, 2009
Well im trying to "sleep" or make the program twiddle its thumbs for 15 seconds before continueing but without pausing the main thread.

So i thought maybe if i create a new thread and Sleep in that one that would help but no.

So then i thought the timer object but still no.

Now i dont know if the above "no"'s are because im completely stupid and cant use them or they didnt actually work.....

Heres the new thread method i stole from microsoft.

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  1. class Sleep
  2. {
  3.     static TimeSpan waitTime = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 15);
  4.  
  5.     public static void sSleep()
  6.     {
  7.         Thread newThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(Sleeping));
  8.         newThread.Start();
  9.  
  10.         if (newThread.Join(waitTime + waitTime))
  11.         {
  12.             //
  13.         }
  14.         else
  15.         {
  16.             //
  17.         }
  18.     }
  19.     static void Sleeping()
  20.     {
  21.         Thread.Sleep(waitTime);
  22.     }
  23. }

That didnt work for me (it paused the main thread)

If someone could show me how to use the timer correctly that would be much appriciated.
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You could just use a timer.
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Originally Posted by LizR View Post
You could just use a timer.
as i said if someone could show me how to use the timer correctly that would be very very helpful
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Re: Sleeping without pausing the main thread

 
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Jan 3rd, 2009
I don't understand your problem. You're trying to make your program 'sleep' without pausing the main thread? That's not really a sleep because sleep would be a blocking call. If what you need is a timer, then use the Timer class. Here is how it looks in short:

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  2. Timer mTimer = new Timer(TIMEOUT_VALUE);
  3. mTimer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(TIMEOUT_METHOD);
  4. mTimer.Start();

Here is the signature for TIMEOUT_METHOD

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  2. public void MyMethod(object source, ElapsedEventArgs e)
  3. { }

This method will execute when your timer ends. The timer will then restart automatically when the call to this method completes.
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Timer is also a component on your toolbar - with other examples on how to use it in your helpfile.
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Perhaps if you let the main thread spawn a new thread. You could pause the new thread and let the main thread continue?
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