"Ken Varn" <nospam> wrote in message
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> Is there any method that I can guarantee execution of a code path within a
> thread without a Thread.Abort call interrupting it? I am concerned that a
> file write that is done using two calls will not complete if the thread is
> aborted before the second call gets a chance to complete.
>
> I thought about setting the priority to highest for the critical calls,
> but
> I was not sure if this would be sufficient or not.

"Ken Varn" <nospam> wrote in message
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> Is there any method that I can guarantee execution of a code path within a
> thread without a Thread.Abort call interrupting it?

wrote in message news:%23xwlyDOtGHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> "Ken Varn" <nospam> wrote in message
> news:O5I2X5NtGHA.1504@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Is there any method that I can guarantee execution of a code path within
>> a
>> thread without a Thread.Abort call interrupting it? I am concerned that
>> a
>> file write that is done using two calls will not complete if the thread
>> is
>> aborted before the second call gets a chance to complete.
>>
>> I thought about setting the priority to highest for the critical calls,
>> but
>> I was not sure if this would be sufficient or not.
>
> You need a Constrained Execution Region.
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228973(d=ide).aspx
>
> There's a lot of subtlety and a lot of restrictions on using them, but
> they're intended to provide a solution to exactly the kind of problem
> you're describing.
>
> -cd
>
>

wrote in message news:%23xwlyDOtGHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> "Ken Varn" <nospam> wrote in message
> news:O5I2X5NtGHA.1504@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > Is there any method that I can guarantee execution of a code path within
a
> > thread without a Thread.Abort call interrupting it? I am concerned that
a
> > file write that is done using two calls will not complete if the thread
is
> > aborted before the second call gets a chance to complete.
> >
> > I thought about setting the priority to highest for the critical calls,
> > but
> > I was not sure if this would be sufficient or not.
>
> You need a Constrained Execution Region.
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228973(d=ide).aspx
>
> There's a lot of subtlety and a lot of restrictions on using them, but
> they're intended to provide a solution to exactly the kind of problem
you're
> describing.
>
> -cd
>
>