Multithreading with C# Cookbook - Second Edition

Handling exceptions

This recipe will describe how to handle exceptions in other threads properly. It is very important to always place a try/catch block inside the thread because it is not possible to catch an exception outside a thread's code.

Getting ready

To work through this recipe, you will need Visual Studio 2015. There are no other prerequisites. The source code for this recipe can be found at BookSamples\Chapter1\Recipe11.

How to do it...

To understand the handling of exceptions in other threads, perform the following steps:

1. Start Visual Studio 2015. Create a new C# console application project.
2. In the Program.cs file, add the following using directives:

   using System; using System.Threading; using static System.Console; using static System.Threading.Thread; ...