"Damien" <Damien_The_Unbelie***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Water Cooler v2 wrote:
> > Do timers run on the same thread that creates them or (internally) a
> > new thread is spawned per timer?
>
> It depends on which Timer you are referring to. If it is the Timer
> within System.Windows.Forms, then it'll run on the UI thread. If it's
> the Timer within System.Threading, then I believe it runs in another
> thread. Whether this thread is newly created, or from the thread pool,
> or from some internal pool, I'm not sure. But I'm fairly certain it
> won't be the original thread. After all, the original thread has
> carried on, and could be in any state when the timer elapses (e.g. it
> might be in the middle of a multi-second database call)
>
> Damien
>
>

"Michael D. Ober" wrote:

> The System.Threading timer events are executed from a Thread Pool thread.
>
> Mike Ober.
>
> "Damien" <Damien_The_Unbelie***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1152613059.725941.34710@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Water Cooler v2 wrote:
> > > Do timers run on the same thread that creates them or (internally) a
> > > new thread is spawned per timer?
> >
> > It depends on which Timer you are referring to. If it is the Timer
> > within System.Windows.Forms, then it'll run on the UI thread. If it's
> > the Timer within System.Threading, then I believe it runs in another
> > thread. Whether this thread is newly created, or from the thread pool,
> > or from some internal pool, I'm not sure. But I'm fairly certain it
> > won't be the original thread. After all, the original thread has
> > carried on, and could be in any state when the timer elapses (e.g. it
> > might be in the middle of a multi-second database call)
> >
> > Damien
> >
> >
>
>
>
>

"Dennis" <Den***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Which thread will receive the event then for the System.Threading timer.
| --
| Dennis in Houston
|
|
| "Michael D. Ober" wrote:
|
| > The System.Threading timer events are executed from a Thread Pool
thread.
| >
| > Mike Ober.
| >
| > "Damien" <Damien_The_Unbelie***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
| > news:1152613059.725941.34710@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| > > Water Cooler v2 wrote:
| > > > Do timers run on the same thread that creates them or (internally) a
| > > > new thread is spawned per timer?
| > >
| > > It depends on which Timer you are referring to. If it is the Timer
| > > within System.Windows.Forms, then it'll run on the UI thread. If it's
| > > the Timer within System.Threading, then I believe it runs in another
| > > thread. Whether this thread is newly created, or from the thread pool,
| > > or from some internal pool, I'm not sure. But I'm fairly certain it
| > > won't be the original thread. After all, the original thread has
| > > carried on, and could be in any state when the timer elapses (e.g. it
| > > might be in the middle of a multi-second database call)
| > >
| > > Damien
| > >
| > >
| >
| >
| >
| >