The thread will not be scheduled for execution by the operating system for the amount of time specified. This method changes the state of the thread to include WaitSleepJoin.

This method does not perform standard COM and SendMessage pumping.

Note:
If you need to sleep on a thread that has STAThreadAttribute, but you want to perform standard COM and SendMessage pumping, consider using one of the overloads of the Join method that specifies a timeout interval.

The following example uses the Sleep method to block the application's main thread.

Imports System.Threading

Class Example

    Shared Sub Main()

        For i As Integer = 0 To 4
            Console.WriteLine("Sleep for 2 seconds.")
            Thread.Sleep(2000)
        Next

        Console.WriteLine("Main thread exits.")
    End Sub
End Class

' This example produces the following output:
'
'Sleep for 2 seconds.
'Sleep for 2 seconds.
'Sleep for 2 seconds.
'Sleep for 2 seconds.
'Sleep for 2 seconds.
'Main thread exits.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

.NET Framework

.NET Compact Framework

XNA Framework

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