Question

I have a such code: http://pastie.org/1638879

I got it from someone’s blog. It must sort big files.
I preform it in separated thread:

    protected virtual void goButton_Clicked (object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    FileSort fileSort = new FileSort(fileNameEntry.Text, "./BigFileSorted.dat");
    fileSort.SplitProgressChanged += fileSortProgressSplitting; 
    fileSort.SortChunksProgressChanged += fileSortProgressSorting; 
    fileSort.MergeProgressChanged += fileSortProgressMerging; 

    Thread thread = new Thread(fileSort.Sort);
    thread.Start();
    //fileSort.Sort();
}

protected virtual void fileSortProgressSplitting(FileSort o, double progress)
{
    progressBar.Fraction = progress;
    progressBar.Text = "Splitting...";
}

protected virtual void fileSortProgressSorting(FileSort o, double progress)
{
    progressBar.Fraction = progress;
    progressBar.Text = "Sorting...";
}

protected virtual void fileSortProgressMerging(FileSort o, double progress)
{
    progressBar.Fraction = progress;
    progressBar.Text = "Merging...";

}

For small files everything is normally, but for big files(about 4 gb), progressBar stops on some value for some reason during the splitting step. But splitting was finished. What is reason of this stranges?
P.S. I’m writing it on Mono and Gtk#.

Answer 1

Like winforms, Gtk has thread affinity. Your updates should happen on the main UI loop. You can do this via:

protected virtual void fileSortProgressMerging(FileSort o, double progress) {
    Gtk.Application.Invoke (delegate {
        progressBar.Fraction = progress;
        progressBar.Text = "Merging...";
    });    
}

See also the mono Best Practices notes on this.