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MyDataStructure data;
CreateThread(...,&MyDataStructure,...);

#include "win_adatpter.h"   // You need nothing more than this header!

struct DATA { int foo; double bar; };

class MyClass
{
public:
    MyClass()
    {
        // create the thread and pass it a DATA struct
        DATA data = { 4711, .0815 };
        m_hThread = win::beginthreadex( this, &MyClass::ThreadStart, data );

    }

protected:

    // Thread function. Note that we can use any type for the thread parameter
    DWORD ThreadStart( const DATA& data  )
    {
        printf( "Hello, I'm a Thread and got some params: %d and %f\n", data.foo, data.bar);
        return 0;
    }

    HANDLE m_hThread;
};