Re: Another SetTimer question
learnyourabc wrote:
I use the WaitForSingleObject(eventobj,timedelay) for the time delay
to replace the sleep function. There will be a event object that will
be signalled if the user exits the program.Is this right? see below.
HANDLE ExitEventObj;
UINT WorkerThreadProc( LPVOID Param )
{
//wait for 10 secs unless user press exit button then return and
proceed immediately
if (WaitForSingleObject(ghGlobalWriteEvent, 10000) !=
WAIT_OBJECT_0)
{
printf("delay for 10 secs - WaitForSingleObject failed (%d)
\n", GetLastError());
}
else
{
printf("Timer was signaled or exit button is pressed.\n");
}
//do some stuff
return TRUE;
}
void CTestDoc::OnTestStartwaittimer()
{
ExitEventObj = CreateEvent(
NULL, // default security attributes
TRUE, // manual-reset event
TRUE, // initial state is signaled
TEXT("ExitEvent") // object name
);
if (ExitEventObj == NULL)
{
printf("CreateEvent failed (%d)\n", GetLastError());
return;
}
if (! ResetEvent(ExitEventObj) )
{
printf("ResetEvent failed (%d)\n", GetLastError());
return;
}
m_WinThread =
AfxBeginThread(WorkerThreadProc,this,THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL,0,0,NULL);
MessageBox(NULL,"Thread Started",NULL,MB_OK);
}
void CTestDoc::OnTestStopwaittimer()
{
//signal the event object
if (! SetEvent(ghGlobalWriteEvent) )
{
printf("SetEvent failed (%d)\n", GetLastError());
}
}
This approach will do what you want: suspend the thread until timeout OR
the event is set. You have some details wrong: ghGlobalWriteEvent
should be the same variable as ExitEventObj. The TEXT parameter in
CreateEvent is not needed (you can pass NULL).
--
Scott McPhillips [MVP VC++]
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