Multithreaded Programming for Components with System.Threading

The BackgroundWorker component replaces and adds functionality to the System.Threading namespace; however, the System.Threading namespace is retained for both backward compatibility and future use, if you choose. For more information, see BackgroundWorker Component Overview.

In This Section

Walkthrough: Authoring a Simple Multithreaded Component with Visual Basic
Demonstrates creating a multithreaded component using Visual Basic.
Walkthrough: Authoring a Simple Multithreaded Component with Visual C#
Demonstrates creating a multithreaded component using Visual C#.
How to: Create Threads
Explains how to create a new thread of execution.
How to: Coordinate Multiple Threads of Execution
Describes how to use locks to coordinate threads and ensure atomic execution of code.
Thread-Safe Components
Discusses what makes a component thread-safe and how to implement thread-safety in your components.
Event Logs and Multithreaded Components
Explains issues involved with using event logs with multiple threads of execution.
How to: Log Events for Multithreaded Components
Describes how to coordinate using an EventLog component with multiple threads of operation.
How to: Manipulate Controls from Threads
Explains the special considerations when manipulating controls with multiple threads.

System.Threading namespace
Provides classes and interfaces that enable multithreaded programming.

Multithreaded Programming with the Event-based Asynchronous Pattern
Describes the standardized way to package a component that has asynchronous features.
BackgroundWorker Component
Allows you to run time-consuming operations in the background, on a thread different from your application's main UI thread.