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copied!<p>You should look into the .NET Asynchronous Programming Model. It's much simpler then it sounds. You simply create a delegate to a method that you want to run asynchronously. Then call BeginInvoke on the delegate and your method is automatically run on a background thread.</p> <p>In the asynchronous method, if you need to update the UI, you must use Control.Invoke/BeginInvoke on the relevant form or control. </p> <p>Also, if the asynchronous method needs to return some result to the UI thread, you will need to utilise the IAsyncResult (returned from BeginInvoke) and the EndInvoke method. </p> <p>See the article <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2e08f6yc.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Calling Synchronous Methods Asynchronously</a> for more details.</p> <p>On the other hand, if you're just looking for an equivalent to the javascript method window.settimeout() in Windows.Forms the following avoids threads entirely by wrapping the standard Timer in a re-usable method:</p> <pre><code>public void SetTimeout(EventHandler doWork, int delayMS) { System.Windows.Forms.Timer timer = new System.Windows.Forms.Timer(); timer.Interval = delayMS; timer.Tick += delegate(object s, EventArgs args) { timer.Stop(); }; timer.Tick += doWork; timer.Start(); } </code></pre> <p>then to call it:</p> <pre><code> SetTimeout(delegate { YourMethod(); }, 100); </code></pre> <p>Just like the Timer you drag onto a form, YourMethod() is run on the UI thread by the form message loop. Therefore you do not need to worry about BeginInvoke/Invoke at all.</p>

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