Thread Timing Event

[moni94]

Hello. How can I run a thread and get an event raised when it runs for a certain amount of time?
For example: Let's say I have an encryption program. When the user presses encrypt the thread Encrypt starts. But when the thread Encrypt has been running for more than half a second or so, a "Please wait..." message is sent to the user.

Here's what I tried to do (not specifically for the scenario above, just a general solution):

Thread thread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(() =>
                    {
                        //do something...
                    }));
                thread.Start();
                System.Timers.Timer timer = new System.Timers.Timer(500);
                timer.Elapsed += (object source, System.Timers.ElapsedEventArgs e) =>
                    {
                        if (thread.ThreadState == System.Threading.ThreadState.Running)
                            //please wait...
                        timer.Stop();
                    };
                timer.Start();

The problem with the above code is that ThreadState always returns ThreadState.Stopped for no reason.

Thanks!

[Ketsuekiame]

You're definitely sure the thread is still running?

[moni94]

You're definitely sure the thread is still running?

Yeah, 100%.

[moni94]

Never mind. I've managed to solve the problem. Unfortunately, I can't post my solution as it's very specific to my program - but it was nothing more than a dumb mistake.