Question

I’m trying to create a loop which creates a thread for each program in a list, but i’m getting a “method name expected” error upon passing perimeters on the code below;

for (i = 0; i <= programs.Count; i++)
{
    checkProcess check = new checkProcess();
    // check.isRunning();

    string filename = programs[i].Filename;
    string filepath = programs[i].Filepath;

    mWorkerThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(check.isRunning(filename, filepath)));

    mWorkerThread.Start();
}

I read a little on delegates but couldn’t seem to get them to work in the context of my problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated as to what direction i should be heading.

Answer 1

The thread target ought to be something executable and not the result of your method.

mWorkerThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(check.isRunning(filename, filepath)));

In your case above, you try to create a new instance of ThreadStart with the return value of check.IsRunning(...). What you want is something like

mWorkerThread = new Thread( () => check.isRunning(filename, filepath) );