Csharp/CSharp Tutorial/Thread/Background Thread

Move thread to background

using System;
using System.Threading;
class MainClass
{
  public static void DoCount()
  {
    for ( int i = 0; true; i++ )
    {
      System.Console.WriteLine( "{0} reached {1}", Thread.CurrentThread.Name, i );
    }
  }
  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    Thread[] t = new Thread[ 10 ];
    for( int k = 0; k < t.Length; k++ )
    {
      t[ k ] = new Thread( new ThreadStart( DoCount ) );
      t[ k ].Name = "Thread " + k;
      t[ k ].IsBackground = true;
      t[ k ].Start();
    }
    Thread.Sleep( 1000 );
    System.Console.WriteLine( "Exiting main thread" );
  }
}

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Exiting main thread

Set IsBackground to true

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
public class Printer {
    public void PrintNumbers() {
        Console.WriteLine("-> {0} is executing PrintNumbers()", Thread.CurrentThread.Name);
        Console.Write("Your numbers: ");
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
            Console.Write(i + ", ");
            Thread.Sleep(2000);
        }
        Console.WriteLine();
    }
}
class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
        Printer p = new Printer();
        Thread bgroundThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(p.PrintNumbers));
        bgroundThread.IsBackground = true;
        bgroundThread.Start();
    }
}

Test foreground / worker behaviors

using System;
using System.Threading;
class MainClass
{
  static void MyThreadProc()
  {
    Thread.CurrentThread.Name = "TheSecondaryThread";
    Thread secondaryThread = Thread.CurrentThread;
    Console.WriteLine("Name? {0}", secondaryThread.Name);
    Console.WriteLine("Alive? {0}", secondaryThread.IsAlive);
    Console.WriteLine("Priority? {0}", secondaryThread.Priority);      
    Console.WriteLine("State? {0}", secondaryThread.ThreadState);
    Console.WriteLine();
    for(int i = 0; i < 1000; i ++)
    {
      Console.WriteLine("Value of i is: {0}", i);
      Thread.Sleep(5);
    }
  }
  [MTAThread]
  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    Thread secondaryThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(MyThreadProc));
    secondaryThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Highest;
    
    secondaryThread.IsBackground = true;
    secondaryThread.Start();
  }
}

Name? TheSecondaryThread
Alive? True
Priority? Highest
State? Background
Value of i is: 0