Another way to pass data into a thread

In the previous thread post I showed a way you can pass information into a thread. Here is another way in which you instantiate the class containing the method you want your thread to call first.

Math math = new Math();
math.Value1 = 1;
math.Value2 = 3;

ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(math.Add);

Now when math.Add is called, it has all the information it needs to do its work.

Easiest way to start a thread

The easiest way to start a process on another thread is to call ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem.
Example:

// DoSomeWork is a method.
ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(DoSomeWork);

Note: The DoSomeWork method has to have an Object as a parameter.

private static void DoSomeWork(object info)
{
    // Code that does work.
}

If you need to pass data into your method, you can do so:

ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(DoSomeWork, "Info")

You will just have to cast the object back into the appropriate data type.

private static void DoSomeWork(object info)
{
    string workInfo = (string) info;
    // Code that does work.
}

More Info: MSDN: QueueUserWorkItem