Starting a process in a thread

I am curious about being able to launch a process such as Process.start(c:\SomeDoc.doc) as a thread. I don't really understand threads very well so if this does not make sense let me know. If it does, can I see a code snipetf for using using a thread for a process.

Thanks,
Fred H

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Starting a process in a thread

QuanT - MSFT

Hi Fred,

You can launch a process on threads. The following code snippet shows how you can do the same:

Public Class ProcessLauncher
Dim strProcessPath As String

Public Property ProcessPath() As String
Get
Return (strProcessPath)
End Get

   Set(ByVal value As String)
    strProcessPath = value
   End Set
End Property

Public Sub LaunchProcess()
Process.Start(strProcessPath)
End Sub
End Class

Sub Main()
Dim objProcessLauncher1 As New ProcessLauncher()
objProcessLauncher1.ProcessPath = "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe"
Dim objThreadStart1 As New ThreadStart(AddressOf objProcessLauncher1.LaunchProcess)

Dim objThread1 As New Thread(objThreadStart1)
Dim objProcessLauncher2 As New ProcessLauncher()
objProcessLauncher2.ProcessPath = "c:\WINDOWS\system32\calc.exe"

Dim objThreadStart2 As New ThreadStart(AddressOf objProcessLauncher2.LaunchProcess)

Dim objThread2 As New Thread(objThreadStart2)

objThread1.Start()
objThread2.Start()
End Sub

Regards,
Vikram

Starting a process in a thread

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