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How to implement multi-threading in visual basic 6.0. It would be great if someone can give an example.
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You can use the Interop Forms Toolkit 2.0 for multithreading in VB6. The Toolkit allows you to take advantage of . NET features without being forced onto an upgrade pat. Thus you can also use .
Using Multithreading in Visual Basic, we can create several threads, that run in parallel and share process CPU and memory. This can significantly speed up your program execution. Example if you have to parse a large CSV file, you can create 500 worker threads to do it and speed up time.
When two or more processes execute simultaneously in a program, the process is known as multithreading. And the execution of each process is known as the thread. A single thread is used to execute a single logic or task in an application.
What is MultiThreading? Multithreading enables us to run multiple threads concurrently. For example in a web browser, we can have one thread which handles the user interface, and in parallel we can have another thread which fetches the data to be displayed. So multithreading improves the responsiveness of a system.
VB6 is not a really good environment for multi-threaded applications. There is no out-of-the-box support, you need to delve into standard WinAPI functions. Take a look at this article, which provides quite a comprehensive sample:
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=1287
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