Re: MsgWaitForMultipleObjects and Timer

From:

"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>

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microsoft.public.vc.language

Date:

Tue, 16 May 2006 07:53:47 -0400

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"kardath" <kardath@free.fr> wrote in message
news:1147777426.049586.53800@j73g2000cwa.googlegroups.com

I want to know if MsgWaitForMultipleObjects do a deadlock with a
timeout of INFINITE?

I've the following code :

do{
retour = MsgWaitForMultipleObjects(1, ahThread,
FALSE,
INFINITE,
QS_ALLEVENTS);

Always remove all messages from the message queue right before calling
MsgWaitForMultipleObjects. That is, run a PeekMessage-based message loop
until PeekMessage returns FALSE. MsgWaitForMultipleObjects only reacts
to _new_ messages - that is, messages that appeared in the queue since
the last GetMessage or PeekMessage call.

if(retour != WAIT_OBJECT_0) bEndThread = 1;

}while(bEndThread);

Now that I look closer, this code does not make any sense. First, you
are not actually pumping messages, so why are you using
MsgWaitForMultipleObjects? Second, once bEndThread becomes 1 on the
first pass, it always remains 1. Even when the thread terminates you
continue spinning in an infinite loop.
--
With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik

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