Subj : design issue
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : mike
Date : Sat Jun 05 2004 09:45 pm

Hi,

  i was debating over a design issue and i wanted to know what everyone else
thinks.

i have a process that my GUI spawns off. i want to know when the process is
complete. the 2 ways i'm debating over is:

1.) use the WM_TIMER message and monitor the process id there. if the
process id is not running, then the process is done.
2.) create a thread and use the WaitForSingleObject () and exit the thread
when process exits.

for now there are about 3 processes i need to monitor. therefore was curious
what kind of impact an application takes if i create many threads. is this
bad? if so, why? to me threading it out seems to be much more efficient and
i was leaning to go down that route.

any suggestions/explanations will be greatly appreciated!!

aloha,
mike

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