Comments on: Timers and Threads in .Net http://www.wackylabs.net/2006/11/timers-and-threads-in-net/ Mostly code, sometimes something else, always slightly wacky. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:55:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Beppo http://www.wackylabs.net/2006/11/timers-and-threads-in-net/#comment-370 Beppo Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:45:55 +0000 http://www.wackylabs.net/2006/11/timers-and-threads-in-net/#comment-370 I had that problem, too. I'm moving some code from Visual Studio 5 ('97) to VS2005. It's really frustrating me how they decided to change how some timers work and such. It's causing me to miss deadlines... I really wish I hadn't been forced into upgrading compilers. When I kill the timer to try to prevent reentrancy, the timer never restarts. I've tried various things and none are working for me. It's so frustrating to have production code that has worked for years now not work anymore because it was compiled with VS2005. I had that problem, too. I’m moving some code from Visual Studio 5 (’97) to VS2005. It’s really frustrating me how they decided to change how some timers work and such. It’s causing me to miss deadlines… I really wish I hadn’t been forced into upgrading compilers.

When I kill the timer to try to prevent reentrancy, the timer never restarts. I’ve tried various things and none are working for me. It’s so frustrating to have production code that has worked for years now not work anymore because it was compiled with VS2005.

]]> By: Sam http://www.wackylabs.net/2006/11/timers-and-threads-in-net/#comment-369 Sam Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:50:45 +0000 http://www.wackylabs.net/2006/11/timers-and-threads-in-net/#comment-369 The problem I had wasn't with the random number generation - thats just some boiler plate code to put some random delays in to illustrate the problem. The problem I had wasn’t with the random number generation – thats just some boiler plate code to put some random delays in to illustrate the problem.

]]> By: Rich Knight http://www.wackylabs.net/2006/11/timers-and-threads-in-net/#comment-368 Rich Knight Mon, 01 Jan 2007 22:15:18 +0000 http://www.wackylabs.net/2006/11/timers-and-threads-in-net/#comment-368 I got hit with the same gotcha! A solution I came up with is to seed Random with Thread.CurrentThread.GetHashCode() or to give you the complete code... Random rand = new Random(Thread.CurrentThread.GetHashCode()); This could potentially cause repeated 'random' sequences since its actually only pseudo-random. So consider if this could be a problem for your specific application. I got hit with the same gotcha! A solution I came up with is to seed Random with Thread.CurrentThread.GetHashCode() or to give you the complete code…

Random rand = new Random(Thread.CurrentThread.GetHashCode());

This could potentially cause repeated ‘random’ sequences since its actually only pseudo-random. So consider if this could be a problem for your specific application.

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