Re: Thread and Timer
See below.
"Joseph M. Newcomer" <newcomer@flounder.com> wrote in message
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BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CWatchDog, CWinThread)
//{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CWatchDog)
// NOTE - the ClassWizard will add and remove mapping macros here.
//}}AFX_MSG_MAP
ON_THREAD_MESSAGE(WM_TIMER, OnTimer)
****
Why not do something very simple: ON_WM_TIMER()?
You have added tons of complexity to what is a trivial problem.
****
END_MESSAGE_MAP()
Becuase ON_WM_TIMER will try to map to a function void (__thiscall
CWnd::*)(UINT_PTR)
That is definitely not going to work on a CWinThread
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CWatchDog message handlers
void CWatchDog::Monitor(CString sFileName, HWND hWnd, UINT iMessage,
int iFrequency, int iTimeout)
{
//g_iTimer = ::SetTimer(NULL, NULL, iFrequency, (TIMERPROC)
OnTimerProc);
g_iTimer = SetTimer(NULL, 0, iFrequency, NULL);
g_hWnd = hWnd;
g_iMessage = iMessage;
****
Why not
SetTimer(iFrequency, NULL);
which is so much simpler?
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Because CWinThread does not have a SetTimer method, he has to use the API.
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