Threads

[SteveCRM]

I found an example on threads but I'm having trouble ripping it to a new project....

#include <iostream.h>
#include <fstream.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <windows.h>

HANDLE HThread;
unsigned long ThreadH;
unsigned long _stdcall getchthread(void* data);

int main()
{
	HThread = CreateThread(NULL,0,(LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)getchthread,(LPVOID)0,0,&ThreadH);
	

	TerminateThread(HThread,0);
	return 0;
}

unsigned long _stdcall getchthread(void* data)
{
	while(1)
	{
		cout<<"HELLO"<<endl;
	}
    return 0;
}

what am I missing

[parksie]

Well, it did exactly what I expected it to do (nothing ).

You don't give the thread time to actually *do* anything. Try this (with some minor tweaks):

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <ctime>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

HANDLE HThread;
unsigned long ThreadH;
unsigned long _stdcall getchthread(void* data);

int main() {
	HThread = CreateThread(NULL,0,(LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)getchthread,(LPVOID)0,0,&ThreadH);
	
	Sleep(3000);

	TerminateThread(HThread,0);
	return 0;
}

unsigned long _stdcall getchthread(void* data) {
	while(1) {
		cout << "HELLO" << endl;
		Sleep(500);
	}

    return 0;
}

[CornedBee]

You shouldn't terminate a thread using TerminateThread. You should rather send a signal like here:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <ctime>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

HANDLE HThread;
unsigned long ThreadH;
unsigned long _stdcall getchthread(void* data);

int main() {
	bool *pEnd = new bool;
	*pEnd = false;
	HThread = CreateThread(NULL,0,(LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)getchthread,pEnd,0,&ThreadH);
	
	Sleep(3000);

	*pEnd = true;
	// allow thread to terminate
	WaitForSingleObject(HThread, INFINITE);

	return 0;
}

unsigned long _stdcall getchthread(void* data) {
	while(!*(bool*)data) {
		cout << "HELLO" << endl;
		Sleep(500);
	}

    return 0;
}

There is a small difference between parksie's includes and yours: the extension. You way is deprecated, use the new one.