# Run paraview.exe in thread

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-paraview-exe-in-thread/3418
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [January 27, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-paraview-exe-in-thread/3418 "2020-01-27T16:00:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![sohayb\_bahi](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/sohayb_bahi/32/2846_2.png) [@sohayb\_bahi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sohayb_bahi)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-paraview-exe-in-thread/3418/1 "2020-01-27T16:00:40Z")

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Is it possible to run paraview.exe in a thread and somehow get results from this thread (for example current camera position), and send them to another thread ??

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-paraview-exe-in-thread/3418/2 "2020-01-28T03:52:19Z")

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You will have to use python threading capabilities :  
[https://docs.python.org/3/library/threading.html](https://docs.python.org/3/library/threading.html)