Once the thread runs, and is doing its work, you will not have full control over it, and that is a GOOD thing. Let me explain why.
Imagine you are making use of resources. Once you cancel the work being done, your smart code will have to clean up after you, by releasing resources, and doing other such things. You do NOT want to simply stop immediately, with all locks and handles still in place. For this reason, once you cancel a task, it might still stay running for a while. But if it is already in a thread, simply kill the thread, and ignore how long it takes to actually die. Just remember to ignore any results it might return. Reuben http://whatiseeinit.blogspot.**com/ <http://whatiseeinit.blogspot.com/> On 25 April 2012 01:33, Dennis Macdonald <bandwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is already in its own thread (a BackgroundWorker) but when I issue a > CancelAsync it hanges waiting on the WMI query to finish. > > So, I need to be acle to abort the actual WMI query? > > Thanks, > Dennis. > > On Friday, April 20, 2012 5:31:08 PM UTC+10, Reuben Bartolo wrote: > >> Why not put it in its own thread, and then you will not care about how >> long it takes, since your program will still be responsive? >> >> Reuben >> http://whatiseeinit.blogspot.**com/ <http://whatiseeinit.blogspot.com/> >> >> On 20 April 2012 02:53, Dennis Macdonald <bandwo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have initiated a WMI query, see below; >>> >>> Dim searcher As New ManagementObjectSearcher("**root\CIMV2", "SELECT * >>> FROM Win32_Product") >>> For Each queryObj As ManagementObject In searcher.Get() >>> ..... DO WORK HERE >>> Next >>> >>> How to I abort this Get call because it takes approx 60 seconds on my >>> comuter (I know the time will differ between computers) but I need to >>> be able to cancel it. >>> >>> Note, putting a exit look does not help because it does not enter the >>> loop until after the query has executed. >>> >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Dennis. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "DotNetDevelopment, VB.NET, C# .NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XML >>> Web Services,.NET Remoting" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to dotnetdevelopment@** >>> googlegroups.com <dotnetdevelopment@googlegroups.com> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> dotnetdevelopment+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<dotnetdevelopment%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/dotnetdevelopment?hl=en?**hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/dotnetdevelopment?hl=en?hl=en> >>> or visit the group website at http://megasolutions.net >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "DotNetDevelopment, VB.NET, C# .NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XML > Web Services,.NET Remoting" group. > To post to this group, send email to dotnetdevelopment@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > dotnetdevelopment+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/dotnetdevelopment?hl=en?hl=en > or visit the group website at http://megasolutions.net > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DotNetDevelopment, VB.NET, C# .NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XML Web Services,.NET Remoting" group. To post to this group, send email to dotnetdevelopment@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to dotnetdevelopment+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/dotnetdevelopment?hl=en?hl=en or visit the group website at http://megasolutions.net
