you may or may not find this usefull, but it at least shows multithreading...but run this and type something into the console window and hit enter and the forms Caption will change. This shows how you can run a sub in the bakground listening for something to happen while the program can still function normally.
Code:REM created on 03/26/2002 at 11:40 AM Imports System Imports System.Windows.Forms Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Imports System.Threading Module MainApp Sub Main(ByVal args() As String) Application.Run(New MainForm) End Sub End Module Class MainForm Inherits Form Private WithEvents btnOne As Button Private myButt As Button Private myThread As Thread Public Sub New() ' Form constructor btnOne = New Button btnOne.Name = "myButt" myButt = btnOne myButt.Text = "Click Me" Me.Controls.Add(myButt) Console.Writeline("Enter a name for the form") Me.Text = "Test" myThread = New Thread(AddressOf ListenToConsole) myThread.Start() End Sub Public Sub ListenToConsole() Do Me.Text = Console.Readline() Loop Until False End Sub




Reply With Quote