[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Multi-threading in SWT

["David Wegener" <d.wegener(spamblock)@attbi.com>]

Running multiple threads in Eclipse is the same as in any other Java
application.  Create the thread and call the start() method.  The
display.asyncExec() method is only used when a non-display thread needs to
update the display.  The runnable that you pass should only contain the code
needed to update the display and then return.  If you aren't updating the
display, you shouldn't be using display.asyncExec();

"Ken George" <kenneth.v.george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Maybe I just have not been able to find it in the forum, but I have an XML
> parser that is actually reading from a socket and parsing in the
> background.  However, it appears that the thread does not start.  When I
> use display.syncExec(Runnable)  or display.asycExec(Runnable), the GUI
> freezes (I am running outside of Eclipse).  Any idea on how to get
> multiple threads to run that do not update the UI using SWT?
>