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Summary The CLR supports asynchronous processing, lightweight threading using ThreadPool, and heavyweight threading by constructing instances of the Thread class. You are not limited to an all-or-nothing approach when implementing asynchronous or threaded behavior. Choose the Timer control or Application.Idle event or BeginInvoke and EndInvoke for lightweight asynchronous behavior in Windows Forms. Consider using ThreadPool for many everyday multithreading tasks , and pull out the big gunthe Thread classif you need absolute control. Of course, when using the Thread class, you have to take complete ownership of the behavior of the thread, including creating, starting, and stopping the thread. The CLR, and consequently Visual Basic .NET, support asynchronous and multithreaded behavior as well as a whole complement of synchronization and shared resource management by using the WaitHandle or Monitor classes. Consider all of the available resources for asynchronous and threaded behavior before selecting a particular implementation strategy.  |
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