Gets or sets the name of the thread.
(in mscorlib.dll)
'Usage
Dim instance As Thread
Dim value As String
value = instance.Name
instance.Name = value
'Declaration
Public Property Name As String
Property Value
Type:
System..::.StringA string containing the name of the thread, or nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if no name was set.
This property is write-once.
The following code example shows how to name a thread.
Imports System
Imports System.Threading
Public Class Name
<MTAThread> _
Shared Sub Main()
' Check whether the thread has previously been named
' to avoid a possible InvalidOperationException.
If Thread.CurrentThread.Name = Nothing Then
Thread.CurrentThread.Name = "MainThread"
Else
Console.WriteLine("Unable to name a previously " & _
"named thread.")
End If
End Sub
End Class
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
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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