Total Time: 45 hour(s)

Summary: 
This course provides information on how Visual Basic 2005 works with threads and thread pooling, how to perform synchronous and asynchronous task execution using threads, how to marshal (pass) data across threads, and how to synchronize data across threads.

Ojectives: 
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Explain the benefits of threading in .NET
Define thread classes and thread pool classes in .NET
Describe threading methods in .NET
Describe how data are marshaled across threads in Visual Basic 2005
Explain how threads are pooled in Visual Basic 2005
Describe how to create and work with delegates and events together
Explain synchronous and asynchronous execution in Visual Basic 2005

Topics: 
Thread benefits, classes and methods
Thread data movement and pooling
Thread execution and synchronization

Technical Requirements: 
P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.