Re: Thread and Timer

From:
"AliR \(VC++ MVP\)" <AliR@online.nospam>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:36:10 -0500
Message-ID:
<DUxCj.3312$Rq1.127@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com>
If you want to set a timer in the thread from a dialog in your main thread,
then you will have to post a user defined message to the thread to tell it
to set the timer. You can't just call a method in your thread. As Scott
has already pointed out it will be setting the timer for the calling thread
(which is the main thread)

void CMyDialog::SetTimerInThread()
{
    m_pThread->PostThreadMessage(WM_SETTIMER,0,0);
or
    ::PostThreadMessage(ThreadID,WM_SETTIMER,0,0);
}

//in message map of thread
ON_THREAD_MESSAGE(WM_SETTIMER,OnSetTimer)

void CMyThread::OnSetTimer(WPARAM,LPARAM)
{
    SetTimer(NULL,1000,0,NULL);
}

AliR.

"Stefano" <posting@hotmail.it> wrote in message
news:2c52ebfa-7018-4e52-9eff-2f6898eeb6e9@e6g2000prf.googlegroups.com...

BOOL CMyThread::InitInstance()
{
m_TimerID = SetTimer(NULL,0,5000,NULL);
return TRUE;


In this way works. But If I add a method

void CMyThread::Monitor(...)
{
   m_TimerID = SetTimer(NULL,0,5000,NULL);
}

and I call from my dialog, the timer was set but OnTimer was never
called.
(Sorry I'm new to thread maybe Im doing something wrong)

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