C++ How to debug a thread?

I am using MS Visual C/C++ and the program I am working on uses the CreateThread() routine to create five different threads. I am stepping through the debugger and noticed that I cannot get it to step into one of the threads, it only steps through the main portion of the program. How do I get the debugger to step into my thread which called 'wsnetprc.c'? I tried setting a break point in the thread program and it didn't recognize it.

Any help or suggestions would be deeply appreciated.

Thanks.

MSA

Debug->Threads.....you can suspend and switch from there

As you used CreateThread(/*...*/) you had to pass a entry function (your third parameter, i suppose).
Just set a breakpoint within that thread entry function and VC will break anytime the function is executed. (You can set breakpoints almost everywhere)
Anyway, if that doesn't suit you, there is in VC6 a menu item aviable while debugging. Within the topdown Debug, an item Threads opens a dialog showing all Threads of the currently debugged application. From there you can breaking right into every of these.
In VC .net it's Debug-> Windows-> Threads.

Hope that helps you

It didn't seem to work. I step over the CreateThread() routine and no new thread seems to be running. The only one on the list is the WinMain thread.

Any suggestions? This should be pretty straightforward????

MSA

Are you sure that CreateThread() succeeded ?
Check if the HANDLE you get as return value is not NULL.
If it's NULL, call immediatelly after CreateThread() GetLastError(). Use Tools-> Error lookup to find out what the code returned by GetLastError() means;

Code:

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SetLastError(0); // Just in case...
if (!CreateThread(/*your params*/))
{
    unsigned long err =  GetLastError(); // <- Break here and lookup  the value of err.
}

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