Re: Calling a com object from defferent thread

From:
"Brian Muth" <bmuth@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.atl
Date:
Sat, 14 Oct 2006 14:32:37 -0700
Message-ID:
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<supun06@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1160803588.932351.129790@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...

I'm creating a ATL class. In a member method I'm invoking a seperate
thead. I'm Also passing the current Atl call instance as a argument to
this thread. Actually this thread is created by a library. So I have no
control over it. Thread accepts a void pointer. So when I retreive the
Atl class I have to cast it.

CAtlClass::method()
{
//this method will create a new thread. I'm passing a Pointer to my
current object using "this" pointer
   invokeingMethod(this);
}

CAtlClass::method2(int value)
{
m_value = value;
}
The thread calls a another funtion. Which is a C style global function.
I can access AtlClass object from this method. This is a general sample
of that method.

threadMethod(){
//I'm accessing my atl class via the void pointer
  CAtlClass *instance = (CAtlClass *)(stored void pointer);

//I'm calling my AtlClass method via this retrieved pointer
   instance->method2(10);
}

When I'm calling methods like this the actual method is calle. But
inside the methods nothing happens. For example in the statement
m_value = value; the value I passed via the thread method is not
assigned to the member variable. What is the wrong with this method.
I'm new to ATL. So I have no Idead what is happening. Thanks inadvance


What do you mean, "nothing happens"? How do you know? Can you confirm the
address of the ATL class is the original address passed by the main thread?

By the way, you must not make any COM interface calls from your worker
thread unless you marshal the interface pointer.

http://vcfaq.mvps.org/com/1.htm

Brian

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