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System.Threading
Thread Class
Thread Properties
 CurrentThread Property
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.NET Framework Class Library
Thread.CurrentThread Property

Gets the currently running thread.

Namespace: System.Threading
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared ReadOnly Property CurrentThread As Thread
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim value As Thread

value = Thread.CurrentThread
C#
public static Thread CurrentThread { get; }
C++
public:
static property Thread^ CurrentThread {
    Thread^ get ();
}
J#
/** @property */
public static Thread get_CurrentThread ()
JScript
public static function get CurrentThread () : Thread

Property Value

A Thread that is the representation of the currently running thread.

This code example is part of a larger example provided for the IsThreadPoolThread property.

Visual Basic
Shared Sub ThreadMethod()
    Console.WriteLine("ThreadOne, executing ThreadMethod, " & _
        "is from the thread pool? {0}", _
        Thread.CurrentThread.IsThreadPoolThread)
End Sub
C#
static void ThreadMethod()
{
    Console.WriteLine("ThreadOne, executing ThreadMethod, " +
        "is {0}from the thread pool.", 
        Thread.CurrentThread.IsThreadPoolThread ? "" : "not ");
}
C++
static void ThreadMethod()
{
   Console::WriteLine( "ThreadOne, executing ThreadMethod, "
   "is {0}from the thread pool.", Thread::CurrentThread->IsThreadPoolThread ? (String^)"" : "not " );
}

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The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.0
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