Re: New Essay: Serial Ports
In Joe's code, the third parameter to SerialParameters is an event
handle that is used to command the threads to exit during program close.
m_hShutdown = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
writer->parms = new SerialParameters(hCom, AfxGetMainWnd(), m_hShutdown);
When the program is closing, command thread shutdown with
SetEvent(m_hShutdown). This causes WaitForMultipleObjects to return
WAIT_OBJECT_0 and the threads will exit.
--
Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]
//code
class SerialParameters {
public:
SerialParameters() { hCom = NULL; notifyee = NULL; shutdown =
NULL; }
SerialParameters(HANDLE h, CWnd * w, HANDLE sd) {
hCom = h; notifyee = w; shutdown = sd; }
HANDLE hCom;
CWnd * notifyee;
HANDLE shutdown;
};
//end code
So what for there are variables ( notifyee, shutdown) and constructors
with (HANDLE h, CWnd * w, HANDLE sd) ?
I don't understand how to pass parameters to the thread.
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