Thread: // Trouble launching 2nd thread from MainWindow, beginner //

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    // Trouble launching 2nd thread from MainWindow, beginner //



    Hi!

    I'm new to multithreading and developing in VC++ 6 directly with the win32 API.

    In console mode, the usual code to create another thread and use it runs well in my system, but I have no success when using WinMain, like in the very simple code below:

    Code:
    int globalval;
    
    void __cdecl TestThread( void* param ){ globalval=10; }
    
    int WINAPI WinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE,
     PSTR szCmdLine, int nCmdShow )
    {
    globalval = 5;
    _beginthread( TestThread, 0, (void*)NULL ); 
    
    CreateMyWindows(hInstance);
    
    MSG mess;
    while( GetMessage(&mess,0,0,0) )
    {  
    TranslateMessage( &mess ); 
    DispatchMessage( &mess ); 
    } 
    
    return mess.wParam;
    }
    I go past the _beginthread call and it even returns a thread number, but apparently TestThread doesn't run at all, because globalval doesn't change. Then after the first call to GetMessage I get the error message "R6016 not enough space for thread data".

    Yes, I have VC6 with project set for run-time library "Debugging Multithread".

    Any ideas?

    Thanks a lot,

    Rick Trelles

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    >> ...because globalval doesn't change
    No telling when you'll "see" the change. That's why you need proper synchronization when multiple threads access the same data.
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms810438.aspx
    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...89(VS.85).aspx

    >> I get the error message "R6016 not enough space for thread data"
    That error suggest that your thread indeed never run. Sounds like you have a memory leak and/or corruption elsewhere.

    gg

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    Also, for windows programming, it is better to use CreateThread()

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