Re: Creating threads and handle events
On 1 Jun 2006 13:51:38 -0700, nicetom786@yahoo.com wrote:
I am using MFC App in Visual Studio 8.
I have 2 functions say f1 and f2 .
I want f1 to be completed first and then f2.
Since f1 (connects to server and gets the data)is a long task it comes
out and starts executing f2 without completing f1.
I used threads in the following way.How should I handle events now and
pls let me know where should I create the events and set the events.
Pls correct me where I am going wrong.Am I placing the functions in the
correct headers.
Thanks for the help .
Tom
#1)cwinapp.h
#2)In CWinApp .cpp
GLOBAL function
DWORD dwThreadId;
HANDLE hThread;
DWORD WINAPI ThreadProc( LPVOID lpParam );
#3 aaa.cpp
In some cpp file I start using (say I am firing ThreadProc from f1)
hThread = CreateThread(
NULL, // default security attributes
0, // use default stack size
ThreadProc, // thread function
0, // argument to thread function
0, // use default creation flags
&dwThreadId); // returns the thread identifier
// Check the return value for success.
if (hThread == NULL)
{
ExitProcess(1);
}
DWORD WINAPI ThreadProc( LPVOID lpParam )
{
Connect to the server
Get the data
return 0;
}
Assuming you really do need to use a separate thread, you will have to wait
for the thread to complete or otherwise signal it's finished before you
begin to execute f2. Since you are using MFC, you should be using
CWinThread and AfxBeginThread. See this page for instructions on using them
properly and how to wait for a thread to exit:
http://members.cox.net/doug_web/threads.htm
--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP
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