Chris Johnson wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> A while back I posted a message about multithreading in .NET 2.0 to maintain
> GUI responsivness while using a TCPListener to monitor a TCP port for
> transmission. One of the MVP's in the group (Cor Ligthert) mentioned using
> the queue class to do this.
>
> I have, unfortunatly, been unable to date to figure out how to do this. (I
> have achieved the project in a console application, where a GUI isnt
> utilized, using the same code I show in my example below.) Does anyone have
> an example, or other methods, that I can use to achieve a GUI TCPListener
> implementation?
>
> My current implementation revolves around this code (condensed):
>
>
> Dim server As New TcpListener(localAddr, port)
> While True 'Constant Monitor
>
> Dim client As TcpClient = server.AcceptTcpClient()
> Dim stream As NetworkStream = client.GetStream()
>
> then break the stream down into bytes and read its contents
>
> End While
>
>
> Obviously the constant While loop is causing an unresponsive GUI, but I dont
> see another way to constantly wait for a TCP message without multithreading,
> and if thats the way I need to go I hope someone can provide an example for
> me.
>
> Again, thanks for the help,
> chrisj
>
>