Timeout.Infinite Field (System.Threading)

Infinite Field

.NET Framework Class Library

Timeout..::.Infinite Field

A constant used to specify an infinite waiting period. This field is constant.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Const Infinite As Integer

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim value As Integer

value = Timeout.Infinite

public const int Infinite

Visual C++

public:
literal int Infinite

JScript

public const var Infinite : int

Remarks

The value of this constant is -1. For threading methods that accept a timeout parameter, such as Thread..::.Sleep(Int32) and Thread..::.Join(Int32), this value is used to suppress timeout behavior.

Platforms

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.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

Timeout Class

Timeout Members

System.Threading Namespace