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Question

Am having a problem with a BackgroundWorker getting stuck.
have thrown in loads of console.writeline's to help try and narrow down where the issue is, but am getting nowhere fast.
I noticed when going back through the output, I have this message...
The thread 0x2d68 has exited with code 259 (0x103)
Can anyone tell me what that means?
EDIT - Below is my full code.
To give some background, this app is processing requested received from a website to deploy a virtual machine in a cloud environment.
It works fine for the first few items, but then it gets stuck inside the "BuildProgressCheck" BackgroundWorker.
It then stops processing any more items and the BuildProgressCheck Backgroundworker isbusy sticks at true.
Any help appriciated, I've been trying to solve this for a while now. :(
Thanks!
Imports MySql.Data.MySqlClient
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Net.Mail
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Diagnostics
Public Class Home
Public dbserver As String
Public dbusername As String
Public dbpassword As String
Public dbdatabase As String
Public appdebug As String
Public appconfig As String
Public jobcheckresult As String = "jobcheckresult"
Public buildchecktickid As Integer = 0
Public jobchecktickid As Integer = 0
Public new_vm_jobid As String
Public new_vm_state As String
Public new_vm_ipaddress As String
Public new_vm_macaddress As String
Public new_vm_hostname As String
Public new_vm_cpunumber As String
Public new_vm_cpuspeed As String
Public new_vm_memory As String
Public new_vm_netmask As String
Public new_vm_gateway As String
Public new_vm_templatename As String
Public new_vm_instancename1 As String
Public job_check_status As String
Public jobcheckstatusid As String
Public new_vm_success_internal_email As String
Public new_vm_fail_internal_email As String
Public new_vm_success_external_email As String
Public new_vm_processing_internal_email As String
Public internal_email_recipient As String
Public internal_email_sender As String
Public internal_mail_server As String
Public internal_mail_server_username As String
Public internal_mail_server_password As String
Public logentrytext As String
Public logdirectory As String = "C:\CloudPlatform\"
Public logpath As String = logdirectory & "dbcpman_log.txt"
Public logappend As Boolean = True
Public ccnl = ControlChars.NewLine
Public cpapiurl As String = "http://192.168.16.221:8081/client/api?"
Public cpapikey As String = "apiKey=YUsTgg_d6QB9KhdjYS6K314t9BZhL0B3T-DHR1vm8BrkF2pv2qqx698Vzb8O-srSOAKYa0nYB8qLQdXjaKHefQ"
Public buildcheckactive As Integer = 0 ' 0=false, 1=true '
Public buildprogresscheckactive As Integer = 0 ' 0=false, 1=true '
Public jobcheckactive As Integer = 0 ' 0=false, 1=true '
Public Sub login_Shown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Shown
Control.CheckForIllegalCrossThreadCalls = False
Dim config As String = "cloudcommander.conf"
If System.IO.File.Exists(config) = True Then
Dim objReader As New System.IO.StreamReader(config)
appconfig = objReader.ReadToEnd
objReader.Close()
Dim configlines() As String = appconfig.Split(vbCrLf)
For Each line As String In configlines
' MessageBox.Show(configlines)
Next
dbserver = configlines(1)
dbserver = Replace(dbserver, "server=", "")
dbdatabase = configlines(2)
dbdatabase = Replace(dbdatabase, "database=", "")
dbusername = configlines(3)
dbusername = Replace(dbusername, "userid=", "")
dbpassword = configlines(4)
dbpassword = Replace(dbpassword, "password=", "")
Else
lblstatus.Text = "Configuration Error"""
MsgBox("Could not locate configuration file " & ControlChars.NewLine & ControlChars.NewLine & "This program may not work correctly :(")
End If
lblstatus.Text = "Configuration is fine - moving along..."
Dim cn As New MySqlConnection
cn.ConnectionString = "server=" & dbserver & "; userid=" & dbusername & "; password=" & dbpassword & "; database=" & dbdatabase & ";Convert Zero Datetime=True"
Dim jobcheck As New MySqlDataAdapter("Select * FROM dbcpman_jobs WHERE failed='false'", cn)
Dim jobcheck_table As New DataTable
jobcheck.Fill(jobcheck_table)
Dim row As DataRow
For Each row In jobcheck_table.Rows
Dim strDetail As String
strDetail = row("dbxid")
buildpendinglist.Items.Add(strDetail)
logentrytext = "[STARTUP] Found pending job for import: " & strDetail
Call dbcpman_log(logentrytext, logdirectory, logpath, logappend) ''''''Do some logging
Next row
Try
logentrytext = "[JOB-CALLBACK] API response: " & jobcheckresult
Call dbcpman_log(logentrytext, logdirectory, logpath, logappend) ''''''Do some logging
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
BuildWorkerTimer.Start()
BuildProgressCheckTimer.Start()
End Sub
Private Sub NewItemCheck_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles BuildWorkerTimer.Tick
buildchecktickid = buildchecktickid + 1
countbuilds.Text = buildcheckactive
countjobs.Text = buildprogresscheckactive
If BuildWorker.IsBusy Then
Beep()
Else
BuildWorker.RunWorkerAsync()
End If
End Sub
Private Sub BuildProgressCheckTimer_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles BuildProgressCheckTimer.Tick
Console.WriteLine("Timer 'BuildProgressCheckTimer'.... TICK!")
Dim bpc_busy_count As Integer = 0
If BuildProgressCheck.IsBusy Then
Beep()
bpc_busy_count = bpc_busy_count + 1
If bpc_busy_count > 4 Then
Beep()
Beep()
BuildProgressCheck.CancelAsync()
End If
Else
BuildProgressCheck.RunWorkerAsync()
End If
End Sub
Private Sub BuildWorker_DoWork(sender As Object, e As System.ComponentModel.DoWorkEventArgs) Handles BuildWorker.DoWork
lblstatus.Text = "Checking for new requests"
buildcheckactive = 1
Dim cn As New MySqlConnection
cn.ConnectionString = "server=" & dbserver & "; userid=" & dbusername & "; password=" & dbpassword & "; database=" & dbdatabase & ";Convert Zero Datetime=True"
Dim vmcheck As New MySqlDataAdapter("Select * FROM dbcpman_vm WHERE deployrequired='true' ", cn)
Dim vmcheck_table As New DataTable
vmcheck.Fill(vmcheck_table)
Dim row As DataRow
row = vmcheck_table.Select("deployrequired = 'true'").FirstOrDefault()
If Not row Is Nothing Then
Dim new_vm_id As String = row.Item("id")
Dim new_vm_account As String = row.Item("account")
Dim new_vm_name As String = row.Item("name")
Dim new_vm_displayname As String = row.Item("displayname")
Dim new_vm_memory As String = row.Item("memory")
Dim new_vm_cpuspeed As String = row.Item("cpuspeed")
Dim new_vm_cpunumber As String = row.Item("cpunumber")
Dim new_vm_group As String = row.Item("vmgroup")
Dim new_vm_instancename As String = row.Item("instancename")
Dim new_vm_diskofferingid As String = row.Item("diskofferingid")
Dim new_vm_disksize As String = row.Item("customdisksize")
Dim new_vm_serviceofferingid As String = row.Item("serviceofferingid")
Dim new_vm_serviceofferingname As String = row.Item("serviceofferingname")
Dim new_vm_publicip As String = row.Item("publicip")
Dim new_vm_os As String = row.Item("OS")
Dim new_vm_templateid As String = row.Item("templateid")
Dim dbx_id As String = row.Item("dbx_id")
Dim new_job_status As String = "NEW"
dbx_id = dbx_id & new_vm_id
Try
Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand
Dim myAdapter As New MySqlDataAdapter
Dim SQL As String
myCommand.Connection = cn
cn.Open()
myAdapter.SelectCommand = myCommand
SQL = "UPDATE dbcpman_vm SET dbx_id = '" & dbx_id & "' WHERE id = '" & new_vm_id & "'"
myCommand.CommandText = SQL
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
cn.Close()
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("ERROR3 " & ccnl & ccnl & ex.Message)
End Try
buildpendinglist.Items.Add(dbx_id)
Dim commandstring As String = "command=deployVirtualMachine" _
& "&ServiceOfferingId=" & new_vm_serviceofferingid _
& "&size=" & new_vm_disksize _
& "&templateId=" & new_vm_templateid _
& "&zoneid=1" _
& "&displayname=" & new_vm_displayname _
& "&name=" & new_vm_name _
& "&instancename=" & new_vm_instancename _
& "&internalname=" & new_vm_displayname
Dim fullapiurl = cpapiurl & commandstring
Try
Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand
Dim myAdapter As New MySqlDataAdapter
Dim SQL As String
myCommand.Connection = cn
cn.Open()
myAdapter.SelectCommand = myCommand
SQL = "UPDATE dbcpman_vm SET deployrequired = 'false' WHERE id = '" & new_vm_id & "'"
myCommand.CommandText = SQL
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
cn.Close()
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("ERROR2 " & ccnl & ccnl & ex.Message)
End Try
Try
Dim webClient As New System.Net.WebClient
Dim result As String = webClient.DownloadString(fullapiurl)
Dim doc As New System.Xml.XmlDocument
doc.LoadXml(result)
Dim new_vm_jobidxml = doc.GetElementsByTagName("jobid")
For Each item As System.Xml.XmlElement In new_vm_jobidxml
new_vm_jobid = item.ChildNodes(0).InnerText()
Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand
Dim myAdapter As New MySqlDataAdapter
Dim SQL As String
myCommand.Connection = cn
cn.Open()
myAdapter.SelectCommand = myCommand
SQL = "UPDATE dbcpman_vm SET deploy_jobid = '" & new_vm_jobid & "' WHERE id = '" & new_vm_id & "'"
myCommand.CommandText = SQL
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
SQL = "UPDATE dbcpman_vm SET deploycompleted = 'false' WHERE id = '" & new_vm_id & "'"
myCommand.CommandText = SQL
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
SQL = "INSERT into dbcpman_jobs(jobid, status, dbxid) VALUES ('" & new_vm_jobid & "','" & new_job_status & "','" & dbx_id & "')"
myCommand.CommandText = SQL
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
cn.Close()
'MessageBox.Show("ADDED ITEM TO JOBS")
Next
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("ERROR1 " & ccnl & ccnl & ex.Message)
End Try
End If
new_vm_jobid = ""
new_vm_state = ""
new_vm_ipaddress = ""
new_vm_macaddress = ""
new_vm_hostname = ""
new_vm_cpunumber = ""
new_vm_cpuspeed = ""
new_vm_memory = ""
new_vm_netmask = ""
new_vm_gateway = ""
new_vm_templatename = ""
new_vm_instancename1 = ""
buildcheckactive = 0
End Sub
Private Sub BuildProgressCheck_DoWork(sender As Object, e As ComponentModel.DoWorkEventArgs) Handles BuildProgressCheck.DoWork
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To buildpendinglist.Items.Count - 1
Dim cn As New MySqlConnection
cn.ConnectionString = "server=" & dbserver & "; userid=" & dbusername & "; password=" & dbpassword & "; database=" & dbdatabase & ";Convert Zero Datetime=True"
Dim jobcheck As New MySqlDataAdapter("Select * FROM dbcpman_jobs WHERE dbxid='" & buildpendinglist.Items(i) & "'", cn)
Dim jobcheck_table As New DataTable
jobcheck.Fill(jobcheck_table)
Dim jobrow As DataRow
jobrow = jobcheck_table.Select("failed = 'false'").FirstOrDefault()
If Not jobrow Is Nothing Then
Dim job_id As String = jobrow.Item("id")
Dim job_jobid As String = jobrow.Item("jobid")
Dim job_status As String = jobrow.Item("status")
Dim job_dbxid As String = jobrow.Item("dbxid")
Dim jobcommand As String = "command=queryAsyncJobResult&jobId=" & job_jobid
Dim fulljobapicheckurl = cpapiurl & jobcommand
Try
Dim jobapicall As New System.Net.WebClient
jobcheckresult = jobapicall.DownloadString(fulljobapicheckurl)
Catch ex As Exception
Console.WriteLine("Error 'DBX-Err-1' - Error during API call")
End Try
If jobcheckresult.Contains("<jobstatus>1</jobstatus>") Then ''If true, job has completed
Console.WriteLine(job_dbxid & "Is completed")
Dim doc As New System.Xml.XmlDocument
doc.LoadXml(jobcheckresult) ''api_result contains xml returned from a http request.
Try
Console.WriteLine("Entering XML Parse...")
If doc.GetElementsByTagName("virtualmachine") IsNot Nothing Then
Dim elem As XmlNodeList = doc.GetElementsByTagName("virtualmachine").Item(0).ChildNodes
For Each item As XmlNode In elem
If item.Name.Equals("state") Then
new_vm_state += ((item.InnerText.ToString()) + Environment.NewLine)
ElseIf item.Name.Equals("hostname") Then
new_vm_hostname += ((item.InnerText.ToString()) + Environment.NewLine)
ElseIf item.Name.Equals("templatename") Then
new_vm_templatename += ((item.InnerText.ToString()) + Environment.NewLine)
ElseIf item.Name.Equals("cpunumber") Then
new_vm_cpunumber += ((item.InnerText.ToString()) + Environment.NewLine)
ElseIf item.Name.Equals("cpuspeed") Then
new_vm_cpuspeed += ((item.InnerText.ToString()) + Environment.NewLine)
ElseIf item.Name.Equals("memory") Then
new_vm_memory += ((item.InnerText.ToString()) + Environment.NewLine)
ElseIf item.Name.Equals("nic") Then
new_vm_netmask += ((item.ChildNodes.Item(3).InnerText.ToString()) + Environment.NewLine)
new_vm_gateway += ((item.ChildNodes.Item(4).InnerText.ToString()) + Environment.NewLine)
new_vm_ipaddress += ((item.ChildNodes.Item(5).InnerText.ToString()) + Environment.NewLine)
new_vm_macaddress += ((item.ChildNodes.Item(11).InnerText.ToString()) + Environment.NewLine)
ElseIf item.Name.Equals("instancename") Then
new_vm_instancename1 += ((item.InnerText.ToString()) + Environment.NewLine)
End If
Console.WriteLine("Finished XML parse")
Next
End If
Catch ex As Exception
Console.WriteLine("Error 'DBX-Err-2' - Error parsing returned XML string")
End Try
new_vm_macaddress = new_vm_macaddress.ToUpper
Console.WriteLine("Replacing chars from int IP")
Dim privateip As String = new_vm_ipaddress.Replace(" ", "").ToString
Dim publicip As String = privateip.Replace("172.16.11.", "196.15.17.")
Console.WriteLine("IP formatted correctly")
Try
Console.WriteLine("Entering SQL Try...")
Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand
Dim myAdapter As New MySqlDataAdapter
Dim SQL As String
myCommand.Connection = cn
cn.Open()
myAdapter.SelectCommand = myCommand
SQL = "DELETE FROM dbcpman_jobs WHERE jobid = '" & job_jobid & "'"
myCommand.CommandText = SQL
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
Console.WriteLine("removed job from dbcpman_jobs")
SQL = "UPDATE dbcpman_vm SET deployresponse = '" & jobcheckresult & "' WHERE dbx_id = '" & job_dbxid & "'"
myCommand.CommandText = SQL
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
Console.WriteLine("updated deployresponse in dbcpman_vm")
SQL = "UPDATE dbcpman_vm SET macaddress = '" & new_vm_macaddress & "' WHERE dbx_id = '" & job_dbxid & "'"
myCommand.CommandText = SQL
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
Console.WriteLine("Updated macaddress in dbcpman_vm")
SQL = "UPDATE dbcpman_vm SET publicip = '" & publicip & "' WHERE dbx_id = '" & job_dbxid & "'"
myCommand.CommandText = SQL
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
Console.WriteLine("updated publicIP in dbcpman_vm")
SQL = "UPDATE dbcpman_vm SET privateip = '" & privateip & "' WHERE dbx_id = '" & job_dbxid & "'"
myCommand.CommandText = SQL
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
Console.WriteLine("updated privateIP in dbcpman_vm")
cn.Close()
Console.WriteLine("DB connection closed")
Dim new_vm_username As String = "clouduser"
Dim new_vm_password As String = GeneratePassword(7)
Console.WriteLine("clouduser password generated")
new_vm_password = new_vm_password & "oX7" ''''will remove this once generator can ensure complex passwords
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000)
Dim new_vm_support_username As String = "dbxsupport"
Dim new_vm_support_password As String = GenerateSupportPassword(7)
Console.WriteLine("dbxsupport password generated")
new_vm_support_password = new_vm_support_password & "Kw3" ''''will remove this once generator can ensure complex passwords
cn.Open()
Console.WriteLine("Database connection opened")
myAdapter.SelectCommand = myCommand
SQL = "INSERT into dbcpman_credentials(username1, username2, password1, password2, type, link) VALUES ('" & new_vm_username & "','" & new_vm_support_username & "','" & new_vm_password & "','" & new_vm_support_password & "','Server root logon','" & job_dbxid & "')"
myCommand.CommandText = SQL
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
Console.WriteLine("Saved credentials to dbcpman_credentials")
SQL = "INSERT into dbcpman_vm_boot(dbxid, ip, macaddress, hostname) VALUES ('" & job_dbxid & "','" & new_vm_ipaddress & "','" & new_vm_macaddress & "','" & job_dbxid & "')"
myCommand.CommandText = SQL
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
Console.WriteLine("added VM tags to dbcpman_vm_boot")
cn.Close()
Console.WriteLine("Closed SQL connection")
Try ''''add monitoring for this host
Console.WriteLine("3 - Adding monitoring for " & job_dbxid)
Dim monitorurl As String = "http://192.168.16.32/addhost.php?hostname=" & job_dbxid & "&ipaddr=" & publicip
Dim webClient As New System.Net.WebClient
Dim monresult As String = webClient.DownloadString(monitorurl)
Console.WriteLine("Request sent to add monitoring")
If monresult = "SUCCESS" Then
Console.WriteLine("Monitoring added")
Else
Console.WriteLine("Unable to add monitoring")
End If
Catch ex As Exception
Console.WriteLine("Error 'DBX-Err-3' - Error adding monitoring")
End Try
buildcompletedlist.Items.Add(buildpendinglist.Items(i))
Console.WriteLine("Item removed from pending list")
buildpendinglist.Items.Remove(buildpendinglist.Items(i))
Console.WriteLine("Item added to complete list")
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("ERROR- C " & ccnl & ccnl & ex.Message)
End Try
ElseIf jobcheckresult.Contains("<jobstatus>0</jobstatus>") Then ''If true, job is still pending
Console.WriteLine("Checking on pending job " & buildpendinglist.Items(i) & "...")
ElseIf jobcheckresult.Contains("<jobstatus>2</jobstatus>") Then ''If true, job has failed
Try
Console.WriteLine("An item has failed")
Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand
Dim myAdapter As New MySqlDataAdapter
Dim SQL As String
myCommand.Connection = cn
cn.Open()
myAdapter.SelectCommand = myCommand
SQL = "UPDATE dbcpman_jobs SET failed = 'true' WHERE jobid = '" & job_jobid & "'"
myCommand.CommandText = SQL
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
Console.WriteLine("updated Failed in dbcpman_jobs")
cn.Close()
buildfailedlist.Items.Add(buildpendinglist.Items(i))
Console.WriteLine("Item remove from pending list")
buildpendinglist.Items.Remove(buildpendinglist.Items(i))
Console.WriteLine("Item added to failed list")
Try
Console.WriteLine("Trying to send email notifying support of a failure...")
Dim Errorbody As String = "Hi, " & ccnl & ccnl & "CloudCommander encountered a problem whilst deploying a VM and attention is required." & _
ccnl & ""
Dim SmtpServer As New SmtpClient()
Dim mail As New MailMessage()
SmtpServer.Credentials = New _
Net.NetworkCredential(internal_mail_server_username, internal_mail_server_password)
SmtpServer.Port = 25
SmtpServer.Host = internal_mail_server
mail = New MailMessage()
mail.From = New MailAddress("autoattendant#cloud.net")
mail.To.Add("support#cloud.net")
mail.Subject = "[CLOUDFAIL] A cloud server has failed to deploy"
mail.Body = Errorbody
SmtpServer.Send(mail)
Console.WriteLine("Mail sent.")
Catch ex As Exception
Console.WriteLine("Mail failed to send.")
End Try
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End If
End If
Console.WriteLine("HEADING FOR THE NEXT ITEM")
Console.WriteLine("###################################################")
Next
buildprogresscheckactive = 0
Console.WriteLine("Done with async jobcheck for this pass")
End Sub
Private Sub JobWorker_DoWork(sender As Object, e As ComponentModel.DoWorkEventArgs) Handles JobWorker.DoWork
End Sub
Private Sub buildpendinglist_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles buildpendinglist.DoubleClick
ItemDetails.Show()
End Sub

Answer 1

The thread ... has exited with code 259 (0x103)
This is a known bug in VS2013, the feedback report is here. It doesn't mean anything and the bug is benign, it doesn't affect the way your BackgroundWorker executes. The bug is fixed, it is going to make it to your machine some day. Don't know when.