Subj : Re: Question about: createthread/beginthread/beginthreadex ?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Date : Tue Mar 15 2005 12:36 am

mandatory wrote:

> Well - now we have two different answers out of two posts ? can see why im 
> confused ?

Threads on Windows are very confusing due to the way Microsoft extends APIs. 
Like Mikhail said, if you are using the C run-time then you must use 
_beginthreadex() to create a thread that will not leak memory. If you are only 
using the Win32 APIs, then you can use CreateThread(), but if you are using MFC 
then you must use AfxBeginThread().

> Now, in my Win32 documentation i cant find AfxBeginThread() - where is this 
> located, which header ?

It is part of MFC, in afxwin.h.

> And does this mean that AfxBeginThread() is THE one to use - anyone disagree 
> ?

Since the MFC source code shows that AfxBeginThread() calls _beginthreadex(), if 
you don't mind linking to MFC and using C++ it should work in all cases.

Personally, I still avoid C++ for portable code, but that is my own preference.

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Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Hawk Software
http://www.hawksoft.com

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