[RESOLVED] Create processing time limit

I have a process that recieves a request and issues a response. Sometimes createing the response is taking too long. I would like to start the request, and after 8 seconds, if the response has been created, I would abort the process and send back a generic message. All suggestions and ideas are welcome.

You could capture the time before you start creating the response using Date.Now and during the creation of the response keep subtracting the initial Date you recorded from Date.Now. You would receive a TimeSpan object from which you can get how by how many seconds they differ.

Here is an example:-

vbnet Code:

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        Dim T As Date = Date.Now
 
        'Imagine this is your long running process
        Do
 
            'End the process after 8 seconds
            If (Date.Now - T).TotalSeconds >= 8 Then Exit Do
 
        Loop

you can use threading like so:

Code:

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        Dim MyThread As New Threading.Thread(AddressOf ProcessSub)
        Try
            MyThread.Start()
            If MyThread.Join(8000) Then
                Return True 'Complete or whatever
            End If
            MyThread.Abort()
        Catch ex As Exception
        End Try
        Return False

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That appears to be exactly what I'm looking for, thanks Grimfort.