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Multi-thread to pupulate data in Vb.net

How can I call a sub from a Timer but process that sub on a new thread?

I need to refresh screen display from a database every second but I want to still be able to drag the form or perform right click etc. on the form without it appearing to be jerky or slow.

The sub that I want to call every reads the database and populates labels and a datagridview on the main page. Currently ths sub is being called from a Timer as a standard call, can this simply be swapped to be a mulit-thread.

I am aware that the labels etc. can only be updated in the original thread what about a datagridview that has been linked to a datatable?

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MikeDFarrant

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I did try background worker before with not a lot of success. I will take a little deeper look via this link it may take a few days for me to get back to you whether I have been successful (I have a number of prority projects on the boil at the moment!!) Isn't life wonderful!!

Thanks for your answer.

MikeDFarrant

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Thanks for your answer. The Background worker was much easier than trying to setup a thread.

One thing to note is that one of my controls was a bound data-grid that was supposed to update as a result of the background process. I could not get this to work...

I could have unbound the grid and populated manually I guess, but as I wanted to change the color of the row based upon a value in the table anyway, I thought I'd just create a control for each row, color it and place it onto a double-buffered panel... it works a treat.

Thanks, for your help.

kaufmed

Glad you got it sorted out = )