How to correctly stop thread which is using Control.Invoke
- by codymanix
I tried the following (pseudocode) but I always get a deadlock when Iam trying to stop my thread.
The problem is that Join() waits for the thread to complete and a pending Invoke() operation is also waiting to complete. How can I solve this?
Thread workerThread = new Thread(BackupThreadRunner);
volatile bool cancel;
// this is the thread worker routine
void BackupThreadRunner()
{
while (!cancel)
{
DoStuff();
ReportProgress();
}
}
// main thread
void ReportProgress()
{
if (InvokeRequired)
{
Invoke(ReportProgress);
}
UpdateStatusBarAndStuff();
}
// main thread
void DoCancel()
{
cancel=true;
workerThread.Join();
}
