From: vtailor@gte.net Subject: Threadbare threads using WM_FORK message? 20 May 1998 06:17:48 -0700 Message-ID: <199805191325.IAA04439.cygnus.gnu-win32@smtp2.mailsrvcs.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Cc: vtailor@gte.net One way to implement a thread in more recent versions of Windows is to use SendMessage to initiate that thread. You define a WM_USER message called WM_THREAD, then subclass the main window to include a WM_THREAD case. The LPARAM of SendMessage then carries a two-element structure containing the entry point of the thread function and its parameter list. Waiting for the thread to complete then involves testing for some completion criterion while performing a PeekMessage loop. This, of course relies on the alleged pre-emptive multitasking of recent Windows releases. This won't work in the Microsoft console window, because of imposed limitations, but any emulation of such a text window would work. Π- For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".