Thanks for the tip. But how do I express this in code? And btw, yes, I will try to move the code that disables the visual controls and place it just above the call to thrdParam.Start() and see if it works out.
Benj On Sep 7, 8:47 pm, Andrew Badera <[email protected]> wrote: > Capture all key presses in context. Have a flag the event handler and > your thread or logic around your thread can access. Set the flag to > indicate state. Determine whether or not to cancel the key press by > the state of the flag. > > ∞ Andy Badera > ∞ +1 518-641-1280 > ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private > ∞ Google me:http://www.google.com/search?q=(andrewbadera) OR (andy badera) > > On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Benj Nunez<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello experts, > > > I need your help. I have code which uses thread. I'm not sure if I'm > > doing this correctly (my comments > > inserted in the code below): > > > WaitForm waitForm = new WaitForm(); > > waitForm.Show(); > > > thrdParam = new Thread(new ParameterizedThreadStart > > (runThreadedQuery)); > > thrdParam.Start(strQuery); > > > menuStrip.Enabled = false; > > btnExecute.Enabled = false; > > TabControl.Enabled = false; > > > while (thrdParam.IsAlive) > > { > > waitForm.Refresh(); > > /* Maintains that the Waitform's close box is > > disabled. > > But the MainForm still "remembers" the keys > > pressed. > > (e.g. alt+f4). So far, only ALT+F4 is trapped. > > I have code > > under MainForm_FormClosing() which has a prompt > > before closing. */ > > } > > > waitForm.Close(); > > dgvQueryResult.Focus(); > > menuStrip.Enabled = true; > > btnExecute.Enabled = true; > > TabControl.Enabled = true; > > > While a thread is running, I intentionally keep pressing shortcut keys > > like ALT+H+B to show > > the "About" window (which will not appear yet because of the loop). > > When the thread ends, the "About" window appears because it has > > "remembered" my keystrokes. > > > I want the main form to ignore whatever key was pressed. How do I > > suspend/resume key events. > > Is it possible? Am I doing this correctly? Please help. > > > Benj
