troubleshooting Question
Running a function in a new thread
Hello, this function is making the whole program to freeze when it's working, so I would like to put it in another thread.
The problem is I don't know how to make it work in another thread because of the arguments and to return the value.
Can you help me ?
The problem is I don't know how to make it work in another thread because of the arguments and to return the value.
Can you help me ?
Function SearchForFiles(ByVal RootFolder As String, ByVal FileFilter() As String) As List(Of String)
Dim ReturnedData As New List(Of String)
Dim FolderStack As New Stack(Of String)
FolderStack.Push(RootFolder)
Do While FolderStack.Count > 0
Dim ThisFolder As String = FolderStack.Pop
Try
For Each SubFolder In GetDirectories(ThisFolder)
FolderStack.Push(SubFolder)
Next
For Each FileExt In FileFilter
ReturnedData.AddRange(GetFiles(ThisFolder, FileExt))
Next
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
Loop
Return ReturnedData
End Function
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