title: Have a sub or thread sleep or wait without hanging form in VB.net windows forms application
body: <p>My question is in relation to the following question:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6191643/sleep-function-visual-basic">Sleep function Visual Basic</a></p>
  
  <p>I'm creating a fairly simple windows forms application.  The different threads involved will need to sleep at different times.  I was planning on using sleep to accomplish this similar to the method described in the above thread, but it would be undesirable to have the form appear non-reponsive while the thread is sleeping.  I was wondering what alternative method could be used to have a thread sleep or wait that would not result in the related form becoming non responsive.</p>
  
  <p>I'll be monitoring the question for comments and answers, so if I need to clarify anything just let me know.  As always, I greatly appreciate the knowledge and expertise of this community, and I thank you in advance for you time and consideration.</p>