Hi,

Im using the threadpool in vb.net but am having a problem with it. I set the SetMaxThreads to 1 because i only want 1 thread to execute at a time. You may wonder why use threads then at all, but I am using the threadpool because i put a certain function in it that i want executed one at a time but if there is more than 1 thread using the function i want the 1 to execute as quickly as the other 1 ends.

the problem im having is that i can add lots of threads which execute the function at a time, but at a certain stage it stops responding. it is as if the threadpool becomes full and does not want to take anymore threads. when i check the worker threads using GetAvailableThreads it says 0.

this is my first time using the threadpool so i am not sure if i have to release a worker thread when it is done or how to do that. at the moment i put a thread in the threadpool like this :

ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(New WaitCallback(AddressOf sockIncoming), strData)

and it executes my function 'sockIncoming' and that is all i do.

Should i release the thread at some stage or why is this happening?

thanks for any help