Update Listview from threads in a Threadpool in VB.net or C#
I'm trying to update a listview from a threads in a threadpool. Sequentially updating the listview is too slow, so I wanted to use threads. Just using a single worker thread using a delegate to update the UI is still too slow. So I want to spawn as many threads as rows in the listview(several hundred). This will likely swamp the CPU, so I want to put them into a threadpool. I've used threadpools before, but mainly just to insert data into databases, never to update a UI.
How do you update the UI from threads in a threadpool?
I'm using VB.NET 2005. I'm also not using virtual listviews. I would even take a C# method.
How do you update the UI from threads in a threadpool?
I'm using VB.NET 2005. I'm also not using virtual listviews. I would even take a C# method.
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The problem is the interface that I'm getting the data from has 256 points to scan and it is slow. Each point can return data within a range of 1 to 2 seconds. So sequential processing takes on everage about 5 minutes. Using a single background worker only gives me GUI control back as it still only sequentially returns the data.
I've written similar programs that extract data from slow interfaces and collect the data into a dataset and bulk insert them into SQL and they complete in seconds using threadpools.
"I seriously doubt using a ThreadPool and/or multiple threads is going to make the overall operation any faster!"
Why would it not be faster? Would the thread marshalling back to the UI thread become a bottleneck?
The problem is the interface that I'm getting the data from has 256 points to scan and it is slow. Each point can return data within a range of 1 to 2 seconds. So sequential processing takes on everage about 5 minutes. Using a single background worker only gives me GUI control back as it still only sequentially returns the data.
I've written similar programs that extract data from slow interfaces and collect the data into a dataset and bulk insert them into SQL and they complete in seconds using threadpools.
"I seriously doubt using a ThreadPool and/or multiple threads is going to make the overall operation any faster!"
Why would it not be faster? Would the thread marshalling back to the UI thread become a bottleneck?
Sorry....your original description didn't quite paint enough of the picture. Given the extra info I think the threadpool would actually help...
Thread marhsalling (context switching) can be come a serious bottleneck but it sounds like in your situation they won't exactly be coming in rapid succession so it will probaby be fine.
Thread marhsalling (context switching) can be come a serious bottleneck but it sounds like in your situation they won't exactly be coming in rapid succession so it will probaby be fine.
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Thanks. Worked like a charm.
You've already answered your own question. You use a Delegate with Invoke just like with any other Thread...
I seriously doubt using a ThreadPool and/or multiple threads is going to make the overall operation any faster!
A "virtual" ListView would probably work better as you then have less data to retrieve thus it executes faster.