Re: Thread Function and access
Peter Schmitt wrote:
My question is, if it's safe to access this.m_msg in the Run Method. Or
is there any way to tell the Thread to call a method of my CMyThread
after (!) executiuon to display the version check result?!
Thanks for any answers and best regards
class CMyThread
{
private string m_msg;
bool Start(string msg)
{
// Save string for later access in Run Method
this.m_msg = msg;
_beginthreadex(NULL, 0, &Starter, this, 0, &m_ThreadID);
}
From the code you posted, it looks like 'this.m_msg' is only written to
before the thread starts. If that is true then it is safe for the
thread to access it. Data that never changes during execution of a
thread is thread safe.
The best way to pass the result from the thread back to the main thread
is to use PostMessage. The wParam and lParam message params can be used
to pass anything you want. To pass a string, allocate it in the heap
and pass the pointer. Then delete it in the message handler.
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