C# Thread.Sleep Method (Int32)

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Thread.Sleep Method (Int32)Suspends the current thread for a specified time.Namespace:  System.Threading
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

public static void Sleep(
int millisecondsTimeout
)

ParametersmillisecondsTimeoutType: System.Int32
The number of milliseconds for which the thread is blocked. Specify zero (0) to indicate that this thread should be suspended to allow other waiting threads to execute. Specify Infinite to block the thread indefinitely. 

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	The time-out value is negative and is not equal to Infinite.

Remarks

The thread will not be scheduled for execution by the operating system for the amount of time specified. This method changes the state of the thread to include WaitSleepJoin.

This method does not perform standard COM and SendMessage pumping.

Note
If you need to sleep on a thread that has STAThreadAttribute, but you want to perform standard COM and SendMessage pumping, consider using one of the overloads of the Join method that specifies a timeout interval.