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Question

Hi,

I have a multi threaded application that also makes use of autoreset events. 

Background:
The application is being used as a web service so I am exposing certain methods. I have a simple test harness that I can use to call the various exposed methods.

Problem:
At some point I call a run function like so in ObjectA :-

public void Run()

{

     Thread tPeformRun = new Thread(PerformRun);

     tPeformRun.Name = "ThreadName";

     tPeformRun.IsBackground = true;

     tPeformRun.Start();

}

Where PerformRun looks something like this:

private void PerformRun()

{

    do

    {

        switch (Type)

        {

             case 1:

                 FunctionA();

                 break;

                   

             case 2:

                 FunctionB();

                 break;

        }

    } while (Continue);

Somewhere within FunctionA or B - I will call WaitOne on a autoreset event. This will be so that I can wait for some user interaction via the test harness.

When the user interaction takes place I then call a different function "Loaded" (below) on ObjectA, which will call Set on the same autoreset event that I called WaitOne on previously. 

internal void Loaded()

{

    // Do stuff...

     

    AutoReset.Set();

}

However, the function happens to get called on a different thread to the one that I newed earlier on in Run, therefore the application sits and waits forever.

Can somebody please offer some guidance as to how I should design this or a solution as I am not sure where to go next with this.


Thanks so much in advance.

Joe