Threads and streams in C++

[GuitarSlinger]

Does anyone know here I can find information on thread and stream programming in c++? I'm not a begginer in programming threads and streams, I have coded both in Visual Basic and java but I'm new to this topic in c++.

[parksie]

MSDN has plenty of info. Look up CreateThread in the Platform SDK.

For streams, do you mean like iostreams? Or multimedia streaming?

[GuitarSlinger]

Streams to other computers through say tcp/ip and to multimedia devices would be great.

[parksie]

So Winsock programming then

MSDN has some info, and this may help at planetsourcecode -- not checked it, though (i have a really slow connection)
http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb...=1141&lngWId=3

[GuitarSlinger]

Thank you very much, Parksie.

[parksie]

Okay...here's a quick example of threads:

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

using namespace std;

DWORD __stdcall ThreadFunc(void *pParam) {
    cout << "In the thread!" << endl;

    Sleep(5000);

    return 0; // Exit from thread
}

void main(int argc, char **argv) {
    unsigned long lThreadId;
    HANDLE hThread;
    hThread = CreateThread(NULL, 0, ThreadFunc, NULL, 0, &lThreadId);

    if(hThread == NULL) {
        cout << "Could not create thread\n";
        return;
    }

    Sleep(2500);
    cout << "Main thread" << endl;
    Sleep(3000); // Give B a chance to finish

    CloseHandle(hThread);
} 

[GuitarSlinger]

Thanks again.

[Vlatko]

Multithreading is one of the most complex areas of windows programming. Here is an example in Multithreading. (the comments are not in english).

[parksie]

Nice code Vlatko...very nice.

...not so sure about the MFC, though