C / C++ / MFC

Michael Dunn wrote:

He was asking about totally preventing other threads from running,

Michael Dunn wrote:

which isn't possible.

Jun Du wrote:

I don't think so, but I'd like to hear what the originator says.

mikeorama12345 wrote:

mswin does not provide us with much control of threads.

<br />
struct myData<br />
{<br />
  shared_ptr<CCriticalSection> ptr;<br />
};<br />
<br />
void main()<br />
{<br />
  shared_ptr<CCriticalSection> mySection(new CCriticalSection);<br />
  myData data;<br />
  data.ptr = mySection;<br />
  HANDLE hThreads[2];<br />
  hThreads[0] = CreateThread(..., &data); // Thread 1<br />
  hThreads[1] = CreateThread(..., &data); // Thread 2<br />
<br />
  while (WaitForMultipleObjects(...) == WAIT_TIMEOUT)<br />
  {<br />
     // do something<br />
  }<br />
}<br />

int Thread1(LPARAM pParam)<br />
{<br />
   myData data = *(myData*)pParam;<br />
   shared_ptr<CCriticalSection> mySection = data.ptr;<br />
<br />
   while (IDoSomething())<br />
   {<br />
      mySection->Lock();<br />
      // I do stuff<br />
      mySection->Unlock();<br />
   }<br />
   return 0;<br />
}

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Joe Woodbury wrote:

One possibility is to use ranges.

ABuenger wrote:

at least not without a custom LoadString function.

Joe Woodbury wrote:

That goes without saying.

extern "C"<br />
{<br />
	int WINAPI LoadStringW (HINSTANCE hInstance, UINT uID, LPWSTR lpBuffer, int nBufferMax)<br />
	{<br />
		return 0;<br />
	}<br />
};

Joe Woodbury wrote:

I wouldn't overload LoadString directly. Rather I'd add a function like MyLoadString which would have smarts about what the current language is and all that.