Use Join()
/* C#: The Complete Reference by Herbert Schildt Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (March 8, 2002) ISBN: 0072134852 */ // Use Join(). using System; using System.Threading; class MyThread { public int count; public Thread thrd; public MyThread(string name) { count = 0; thrd = new Thread(new ThreadStart(this.run)); thrd.Name = name; thrd.Start(); } // Entry point of thread. void run() { Console.WriteLine(thrd.Name + " starting."); do { Thread.Sleep(500); Console.WriteLine("In " + thrd.Name + ", count is " + count); count++; } while(count < 10); Console.WriteLine(thrd.Name + " terminating."); } } // Use Join() to wait for threads to end. public class JoinThreads { public static void Main() { Console.WriteLine("Main thread starting."); // Construct three threads. MyThread mt1 = new MyThread("Child #1"); MyThread mt2 = new MyThread("Child #2"); MyThread mt3 = new MyThread("Child #3"); mt1.thrd.Join(); Console.WriteLine("Child #1 joined."); mt2.thrd.Join(); Console.WriteLine("Child #2 joined."); mt3.thrd.Join(); Console.WriteLine("Child #3 joined."); Console.WriteLine("Main thread ending."); } }