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ptr_Electron wrote:

The call bock the whole main thread, so
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// Create the worker thread. It starts suspended so we can duplicate
// the thread handle through "pThread" before the thread exits and MFC deletes
// it. This scenario seems to be a race condition in the MFC "AfxBeginThread"
// functions you need to watch out for - although the chances of it
// actually occurring are slim.
CWinThread *pThread = AfxBeginThread(&StartUpdateUIThread, _param, THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL, 0, CREATE_SUSPENDED);
ASSERT(pThread);
// NOTE:
//  Don't delete "pThread" - It will be deleted automatically
// when the thread exits.
 
// Duplicate the thread handle so we can wait on it safe in the knowledge
// that MFC won't close it behind our back when the thread exits.
HANDLE hThread;
VERIFY(DuplicateHandle(GetCurrentProcess(), *pThread, GetCurrentProcess(), &hThread, 0, FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS));
 
// Start up the worker thread now we've got a handle to it to wait on.
pThread->ResumeThread();
 
// Wait for it to die.
WaitForSingleObject(hThread, INFINITE);
 
// Don't forget to close the HANDLE when you're done with it!
CloseHandle(hThread);

ptr_Electron wrote:

but dosn't wait for the thread to complete

ptr_Electron wrote:

I started the thread and want to wait until the thread completes

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++

T.RATHA KRISHNAN wrote:

I don't know the which values should I pass to the parameters

T.RATHA KRISHNAN wrote:

Shall I use Remote Procedure Call to achieve this?

T.RATHA KRISHNAN wrote:

I've to run an exe from another Project.