Darknesss
New member
- Joined
- Sep 25, 2008
- Messages
- 1
- Programming Experience
- 10+
I have a rather specific problem that I could not solve so far. 
Problem description:
I have a classlibrary that contains a function that is executed by a scheduler mechanism.
This function needs to call certain library functions (3rd party) but they need to be executed in a STA thread (single threaded apartmentstate) to avoid issues with that 3rd party library (not Threadsafe).
In our current solution, we have a class and pass all parameters to the class. Next, we create a new STA thread with a function from that class to keep all objects in the correct environment and wait for the thread to finish.
The problem is that this causes a buildup of connections in another component because it's always a new thread that creates a connection. These connections have a timeout but it still leads to unwanted effects.
What I am looking for is a way to have classlibrary start a STA background thread that sits there waiting idle (preferably not with thread.sleep)
Then, when the function from the classlibrary gets called, it will pass a command to the thread, wait for the answer and continue BUT the background thread should stay alive, idle waiting for new commands.
A little bit like a windows form waiting for button clicks, but without the window...
It would be great if some of you could point me to a possible solution or idea on how to implement this for .net 1.1.
Current code is in VB.net but C# solutions are also good.
I hope there are some great minds wandering these forums!
Problem description:
I have a classlibrary that contains a function that is executed by a scheduler mechanism.
This function needs to call certain library functions (3rd party) but they need to be executed in a STA thread (single threaded apartmentstate) to avoid issues with that 3rd party library (not Threadsafe).
In our current solution, we have a class and pass all parameters to the class. Next, we create a new STA thread with a function from that class to keep all objects in the correct environment and wait for the thread to finish.
The problem is that this causes a buildup of connections in another component because it's always a new thread that creates a connection. These connections have a timeout but it still leads to unwanted effects.
What I am looking for is a way to have classlibrary start a STA background thread that sits there waiting idle (preferably not with thread.sleep)
Then, when the function from the classlibrary gets called, it will pass a command to the thread, wait for the answer and continue BUT the background thread should stay alive, idle waiting for new commands.
A little bit like a windows form waiting for button clicks, but without the window...
It would be great if some of you could point me to a possible solution or idea on how to implement this for .net 1.1.
Current code is in VB.net but C# solutions are also good.
I hope there are some great minds wandering these forums!
