How to unblock ConnectNamedPipe and ReadFile? [C#]

I have a class (NamedPipeManager) which has a thread (PipeThread) that waits for a NamedPipe connection using (ConnectNamedPipe) and then reads (ReadFile) - these are blocking calls (not-overlapped) - however there comes a point when I want to unblock them - for example when the calling class tries to stop the NamedPipeManager...

How can I interupt it? Using Thread.abort? Thread.interrupt? Is there a proper way to handle this?
Refer to the code below which illustrates my current situation

Code:

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    main()
    {
        NamedPipeManager np = new NamedPipeManager();
            ... do stuff ...
        ... do stuff ...
        np.Stop();                // at this point I want to stop waiting on a connection
    }


    class NamedPipeManager
    {
    private Thread PipeThread;
   
    public NamedPipeManager
    {
        PipeThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(ManagePipes));
        PipeThread.IsBackground = true;
        PipeThread.Name = "NamedPipe Manager";
        PipeThread.Start();
    }

    private void ManagePipes()
    {
        handle = CreateNamedPipe(..., PIPE_WAIT, ...);
        ConnectNamedPipe(handle, null);                // this is the BLOCKING call waiting for client connection
       
        ReadFile(....);                                // this is the BLOCKING call to readfile after a connection has been established
        }


    public void Stop()
    {
        /// This is where I need to do my magic
        /// But somehow I need to stop PipeThread
        PipeThread.abort();                //?? my gut tells me this is bad
    }
    };

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So, in function Stop() - how would I gracefully unblock the call to ConnectNamedPipe(...) or ReadFile(...)?

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,

check if there are any parameters in the ConnectNamedPipe or ReadFile() function to UNBLOCK those calls...

Closing the handle will cause the methods to exit with an error.

How are you creating the pipe ? If you're using this windows API call it accepts a parameter as to whether you want the pipe to be blocking or non-blocking.

There'a also an example of a multi-threaded pipe server in C++ here.

Darwen.

Is there a general solution to 'release the blocking code in a thread' problem?
I mean, in a worker thread I am using someObject.SomeMethod(), which blocks and is the only option I can use, and I want to stop that worker thread anytime from my main thread; even if the worker thread is blocked at the point where someObject.SomeMethod() is called.