{"id":8262,"date":"2024-03-14T07:48:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T07:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-queueuserworkitem-in-c-threadpool\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T02:33:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T02:33:45","slug":"how-to-use-queueuserworkitem-in-c-threadpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-use-queueuserworkitem-in-c-threadpool\/","title":{"rendered":"C# ThreadPool QueueUserWorkItem Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem method allows you to add work items to the thread pool queue for execution on an available thread in the thread pool. Here is a basic example of using ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">using<\/span> System;\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">using<\/span> System.Threading;\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Program<\/span>\r\n{\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">static<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">Main<\/span>()<\/span>\r\n    {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">for<\/span> (<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">int<\/span> i = <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>; i &lt; <span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>; i++)\r\n        {\r\n            ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(DoWork, i);\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        Console.WriteLine(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"All work items queued.\"<\/span>);\r\n        Console.ReadLine();\r\n    }\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-function\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">static<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">void<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title\">DoWork<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\"><span class=\"hljs-built_in\">object<\/span> state<\/span>)<\/span>\r\n    {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">int<\/span> workItemNum = (<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">int<\/span>)state;\r\n        Console.WriteLine(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Work item {0} starting.\"<\/span>, workItemNum);\r\n        Thread.Sleep(<span class=\"hljs-number\">1000<\/span>); <span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/ \u6a21\u62df\u5de5\u4f5c<\/span>\r\n        Console.WriteLine(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"Work item {0} completed.\"<\/span>, workItemNum);\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, we use the ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem method to add 10 work items to the thread pool queue. 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