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Asked: 2026-05-21T01:56:54+00:00

I have a form I’m showing using form.showDialog() and in the main form I

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I have a form I’m showing using form.showDialog() and in the main form I have a thread that is sending a message every x seconds. I notice that while I’m in the window that I just opened the new form that I opened using ShowDialog the thread doesn’t run. How can I make it continue running even when a ShowDialog is used?

Code: 

codeshowAllScriptsWindow window = new showAllScriptsWindow(this); 
window.Show();

and in the mainform I have a thread that keeps sending a message but is stopped because of this showdialog. Note that when I use show() it doesn’t happen.

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  1. Editorial Team

    ShowDialog() is a blocking call. The thread actually runs, it is busy pumping the message loop for the dialog. This is no different from what happens on the main thread of your program.

    Doing this is very unwise, the dialog has no Z-order relationship with the rest of the windows in your app. One classic mishap is that it can disappear behind another window but no good way for the user to find it back. Use Control.BeginInvoke to create the dialog on the UI thread instead. This also ensures that your thread keeps ‘running’.

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