How to do a desktop UDP communication in background?

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I have a Xojo desktop app and want to start, with a button, an independent UDP communication in the background.

What is the best way to do/organize this?
Is a threat the right way?

Can I use UDP.write in a thead?

Any ideas or samples to get it running?

Many thanks, Bernd

2

A thread is the way to go, certainly. That way you don’t block the UI.

3

you may want to have nothing running, when nothing is to do.
So you react in events, e.g. process a package when DataAvailable handler is called.

And you may use a timer to do something regularly.

4

UDP already runs asych, ie., in the background.

5

So I will take a Thread for the UDP communication.
I was asking in this way because at my first try to use UDP.write in a threat was not running.
Thanks

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But the UDP.DataAvailable doesn’t run in the thread. It always runs in the main UI thread. A thread seems superfluous. Unless you’re processing a large amount of data, then a thread might make sense. But I’ve not encountered a situation where I needed a thread.