using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Threading; namespace WindowsApplication1 { public partial class Form1 : Form { public Form1() { InitializeComponent(); } int counterVariable = 0; public void startButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { blah.Start(); } public delegate void ThreadStart(); ThreadStart myDelegate = new ThreadStart(updateCounter); Thread blah = new Thread(new ThreadStart(updateCounter)); public static void updateCounter() { counterVariable++; counterLabel1.Text = counterVariable.ToString(); } public void stopButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { blah.Suspend(); } } }