Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform, Fifth Edition

19.7. Programmatically Creating Secondary Threads

When you wish to programmatically create additional threads to carry on some unit of work, you will follow a very predictable process:

1. Create a method to be the entry point for the new thread.

2. Create a new ParameterizedThreadStart (or ThreadStart) delegate, passing the address of the method defined in step 1 to the constructor.

3. Create a Thread object, passing the ParameterizedThreadStart/ThreadStart delegate as a constructor argument.

4. Establish any initial thread characteristics (name, priority, etc.).

5. Call the Thread.Start() method. This starts the thread at the method referenced by the delegate created in step 2 as soon as possible.

As stated in step 2, you may make use of two distinct delegate ...