Create multiple threads and wait all of them to complete

Question

How can I create multiple threads and wait for all of them to complete?

Answer 1

Most proposed answers don't take into account a time-out interval, which is very important to prevent a possible deadlock. Next is my sample code. (Note that I'm primarily a Win32 developer, and that's how I'd do it there.)

//'arrRunningThreads' = List

//Wait for all threads
const int knmsMaxWait = 3 * 1000;           //3 sec timeout
int nmsBeginTicks = Environment.TickCount;
foreach(Thread thrd in arrRunningThreads)
{
    //See time left
    int nmsElapsed = Environment.TickCount - nmsBeginTicks;
    int nmsRemain = knmsMaxWait - nmsElapsed;
    if(nmsRemain < 0)
        nmsRemain = 0;

    //Then wait for thread to exit
    if(!thrd.Join(nmsRemain))
    {
        //It didn't exit in time, terminate it
        thrd.Abort();

        //Issue a debugger warning
        Debug.Assert(false, "Terminated thread");
    }
}