Multithreading in Visual Basic

Visual Basic applications can perform multiple tasks simultaneously using multithreading (or free threading), a process in which individual tasks execute on separate threads. Multithreading improves the performance and responsiveness of your applications.

In This Section

• Multithreaded Applications
  Describes how to create and use threads.

• Thread States
  Describes how to determine and change a thread's state.

• Parameters and Return Values for Multithreaded Procedures
  Describes how to pass and return parameters with multithreaded applications.

• Multithreading with Forms and Controls
  Covers special considerations when working with multithreading, forms, and controls.

• Walkthrough: Multithreading
  Shows how to create a simple multithreaded application.

Related Sections

• Advanced Multithreading with Visual Basic
  Lists topics that describe how to manage threads in multithreaded applications

• Multithreading in Components
  Provides links to topics that describe how to use multithreading in component programming.

• Walkthrough: Authoring a Simple Multithreaded Component with Visual Basic
  Shows how to create multithreaded components.