Marshal a tree structure across threads?

Ouch. I've got a nasty problem here.

I need to load a tree structure into a treeview from a database. I've just
tested it with 10,000 items and its dog slow (one of the main reasons is
because I am manually "filtering" the items with my own filtering
structures). What I want to do is run a thread which constructs the
TreeView (and nodes) so that the rest of the GUI remains responsive. Then,
when the thread completes, I want to then marshal this TreeView structure
into the main process so that I can use it (at least make
mainprocess.TreeView.Nodes = threadprocess.TreeView.Nodes).

Any ideas?

"Robin Tucker" <idontwanttobespammedanymore (AT) reallyidont (DOT) com> schrieb

Ouch. I've got a nasty problem here.

I need to load a tree structure into a treeview from a database.
I've just tested it with 10,000 items and its dog slow (one of the
main reasons is because I am manually "filtering" the items with my
own filtering structures). What I want to do is run a thread which
constructs the TreeView (and nodes) so that the rest of the GUI
remains responsive. Then, when the thread completes, I want to then
marshal this TreeView structure into the main process so that I can
use it (at least make mainprocess.TreeView.Nodes =
threadprocess.TreeView.Nodes).

(why to the Interop group?)


Class CreateNodesThread
Private m_Thread As Threading.Thread

Public Event Done(ByVal Nodes As TreeNode())

Sub Start()
m_Thread = New Threading.Thread(AddressOf ThreadProc)
m_Thread.Start()
End Sub

Private Sub ThreadProc()
Dim Nodes(1) As TreeNode
Nodes(0) = New TreeNode("1")
Nodes(1) = New TreeNode("2")
RaiseEvent Done(Nodes)
End Sub
End Class

In a Form:
Private m_CreateNodesThread As CreateNodesThread

Private Sub OnCreateNodesThreadDone(ByVal Nodes As TreeNode())
If TreeView1.InvokeRequired Then
TreeView1.BeginInvoke( _
New CreateNodesThread.DoneEventHandler( _
AddressOf OnCreateNodesThreadDone _
), _
New Object() {Nodes} _
)
Else
RemoveHandler m_CreateNodesThread.Done, _
AddressOf OnCreateNodesThreadDone

m_CreateNodesThread = Nothing
TreeView1.Nodes.AddRange(Nodes)
End If
End Sub


Start the job:
m_CreateNodesThread = New CreateNodesThread
AddHandler m_CreateNodesThread.Done, AddressOf OnCreateNodesThreadDone
m_CreateNodesThread.Start()

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