Re: multi-thread problem

From:
"Scott McPhillips [MVP]" <org-dot-mvps-at-scottmcp>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:45:47 -0400
Message-ID:
<#ba4rRAkGHA.1320@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>
cdg wrote:

   I am not sure how to correctly write this Worker Thread example program.
And I realize that this specific problem is somewhat more of a C++ issue.
But I really needed to make sure that I was correctly writing this part of
the program.
   I've also encountered another problem, but I thought it could be
connected with this first problem here. However, I would hoped to ask about
it later.

   How do you write the statement that "post" the long integer in the
Controller thread to the receiving function.

UINT CThreadTestDlg::Thread1(LPVOID lParam)
{
     CThreadTestDlg* pHwnd = (CThreadTestDlg *)lParam; //**is this
correct**
     pHwnd->Thread1();
//**is this correct**

   long Num = 123456789; //need to post this long int

    ::PostMessage((HWND)pHwnd, UWM_THREAD_FINISHED, (WPARAM)0, (LPARAM)Num);
    return 0;
}

LRESULT CThreadTestDlg::OnThreadFinished(UINT wParam, LONG lParam)
{
    return 0;
}

void CThreadTestDlg::OnStart() //button to start worker thread
{
    AfxBeginThread(Thread1, this);
}


You passed 'this' in AfxBeginThread. The type of 'this' is
CThreadTestDlg*. But then in the thread function you named it pHwnd and
are attempting to use it as an HWND type. That's wrong: A pointer to a
dialog is not an HWND.

You have two choices. You can pass 'this' and use the MFC function

   pDialog->PostMessage(UWM_THREAD_FINISHED, (WPARAM)0, (LPARAM)Num);

or you can pass the dialog's m_hWnd and use the Win32 function

   ::PostMessage(Hwnd, UWM_THREAD_FINISHED, (WPARAM)0, (LPARAM)Num);

But you can't do some of one and some of the other!!

--
Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]

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