Re: CWinThread termination
Scott,
thank you for the suggestion. Time consuming operation is not loop based.
Basically (// time consuming operation here)s is an WinHTTP call to a server
script and it may take up to a minute to execute the script on a server. It
is possible to timeout on an Http request function, but this is not what I
want, I need to halt -> terminate thread immideately.
2-nd question : is presence AfxEndThread a bug ?
Thank you!
TECH
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"Scott McPhillips [MVP]" <org-dot-mvps-at-scottmcp> wrote in message
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Tech wrote:
Run Function in the thread derived class looks like:
extern CCriticalSection lock;
//======================
Run()
{
lock.Lock(INFINITE); // lock one thread
// time consuming operation here
lock.Unlock();
AfxEndThread(0,TRUE); // end thread
return 1;
}
I need to terminate this thread via user action while the operation is in
progress. There is no memory allocation, other threads, etc. in the ( //
time consuming operation here )
What would be the best way to do that? TerminateThread? then what do I do
about the lock?
You can use a bool or SetEvent to signal the thread to exit. It should
detect the signal and then exit in the normal way. Something like this...
// time consuming operation here
while (!bThreadExit)
{ ...one step or loop of operation
}
lock.Unlock();
return 1;
You should also get rid of AfxEndThread so the return statement can
perform normal stack allocation cleanup.
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