I am familiar with that post but I don't think it solves my problem. That post shows how to update a progress indicator. What I have is a thread that is populating a data object and I want to make sure the thread is finished before I use the data object. Does that make sense?
Jay --- Charles Yeomans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah. This is a question that can be answered. See > <http://www.nilobject.com/?p=233> for a very good > discussion of this > problem. > > Charles Yeomans > > On Mar 21, 2006, at 12:39 PM, Jay Rimalrick wrote: > > > Ultimately I want a thread to gather some data and > > when the thread is finished I want a listbox to be > > populated with the data. I guess I could hard > code > > the second part into the thread, but I was > wondering > > if there was a way in the listbox to say, "when > thread > > x thread is finished go ahead and populate > yourself." > > > > Thanks, > > Jay > > > > --- Norman Palardy > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> On Mar 21, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Charles Yeomans > wrote: > >> > >>> But wouldn't this event handler be invoked in > the > >> thread, as opposed > >>> to the other thread that wants to know when this > >> specific thread is > >>> finished? > >> > >> I suppose, but he said nothing about other > threads, > >> just that he wants > >> to do something when the thread finishes > >> > >>>> I want to do something, but only after a > specific > >>>> thread is finished. Is there a way to detect > >> exactly > >>>> when a thread finishes (from outside of the > >> thread)? > >> > >> Depending on the exact requirements there are > many > >> possible solutions, > >> some of which may suit his needs better than > others. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > >> > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > >> > >> Search the archives of this list here: > >> > > > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > >> > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > > > Search the archives of this list here: > > > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > > > > > -------------- > Charles Yeomans > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
