Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Mon May 7 04:13:55 CDT 2007
Hi All A major drawback of Access has always been that it is single-threaded. Using .NET, design of multi-threaded applications is possible and has become easier. Here's a video on how to attack this topic from the guy behind the "Getting Started" videos for Visual Studio 2005 Express which is free to download if you register. I like these videos, but you should pull the wmv files off the cd and play them with Real Player or another player which allows you to zoom the picture. For some reason, when played from the viewer-setup on the cd, you can only view a too small picture or full-screen. /gustav >>> LearnVisualStudio.NET <list at learnvisualstudio.net> 06-05-2007 12:15 >>> Using the BackgroundWorker Control, you can add more responsiveness to your applications by creating multiple threads without all the fuss and muss of delegates. So, for those long running activities you can refresh the status bar and your application's UI updating with pertinent messages to the end user. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FREE VIDEO How to use the BackgroundWorker Control ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video comes from the Windows Forms Controls 2005 Series. This video demonstrates how to use the new BackgroundWorker Control to easily create a multi-threaded application. (Works with all versions of Visual Studio 2005, including the Express Editions) Download C# Version http://www.learnvisualstudio.net/Email/Link.ashx?email=9c71611a-dacc-4fad-af67-9b051736dfc6&link=20ad0b4c-0c96-4dd9-a024-e764e3196442 Download VB.NET Version http://www.learnvisualstudio.net/Email/Link.ashx?email=9c71611a-dacc-4fad-af67-9b051736dfc6&link=f577f418-7037-4b52-a17e-9a3567a5d72a Regards, Bob Tabor