How to check if the WaitHandle was set?

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Martin Vseticka picture Martin Vseticka · Jul 22, 2010 · Viewed 19.2k times · Source

I have a WaitHandle and I would like to know how to check if the WaitHandle has already been set or not.

Note: I can add a bool variable and whenever Set() method is used set the variable to true, but this behaviour must be built in WaitHandle somewhere.

Thanks for help!

Answer

SwDevMan81 picture SwDevMan81 · Jul 22, 2010

Try WaitHandle.WaitOne(0)

If millisecondsTimeout is zero, the method does not block. It tests the state of the wait handle and returns immediately.

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