Thread: compiler doesn't like CreateThread

ok, last one for the night, i swear....

essentially, all i'm trying to do is create a win32 thread with the CreateThread function

(for those not familiar w/ it)

Code:

HANDLE CreateThread (
                     LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpThreadAttributes, 
                     SIZE_T dwStackSize,
                     LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE lpStartAddress,
                     LPVOID lpParameter,
                     DWORD dwCreationFlags,
                     LPDWORD lpThreadId  )

for whatever reason, the compiler is telling me that my function call does not match the definition of this function. i actually even tried copying someone's example code straight from a tutorial, and it's still giving me the same error message. anyway, here's my code:

Code:

    DWORD genericThread;
    HANDLE updateThread;
    char lszThreadParam[3]; 
    strcpy(lszThreadParam,"3");
    updateThread = CreateThread(NULL,0,CheckUpdates,&lszThreadParam,0,&genericThread);

.... any ideas??

ok, just realized that it's called from within a class, so i thought maybe it was looking for a method in the class called CreateThread? maybe? i dunno.... i tried changing the function call to ::CreateThread and got a different error, saying "illegal implicit conversion from '__stdcall unsigned long (*) (void*)' to '__stdcall unsigned long (*) (void*)'".... which makes even less sense to me.... damn it....

Code:

DWORD WINAPI CheckUpdates(LPVOID lp)
{
	return 0;
}

int main()
{
   DWORD genericThread;
   HANDLE updateThread;
   char lszThreadParam[3]; 
   strcpy(lszThreadParam,"3");
   updateThread = CreateThread(NULL,0,CheckUpdates,lszThreadParam,0,&genericThread);
	
	return 0;
}

ok... i got something. basically i can't call a member function of a class in CreateThread:

from: <http://www.ciprian-miclaus.com/sources/win32threads.asp?id=1&tip=c>
(no intentions of plagiarizing here)

DWORD WINAPI ThreadProc(
LPVOID lpParameter
);

We'll notice this prototype will keep us from having this callback function as a member of a class, as it's member functions are passed a hidden parameter: this.


this page also provided a solution, but i didn't entirely understand it... and the code was a little sloppy too, i think. so i've identified the problem, but don't know how to solve it.... any more suggestions? please??? this thing is making me want to pull out my hair.