AfxBeginThread & AfxEndThread

[Chris]

In normal Win32, we can create a thread with CreateThread and therminate it anywhere with a valid thread handle will do (CloseThread).

But in MFC, we create a thread with the AfxBeginThread and terminate it within the thread itself by AfxEndThread. So, does there any way for me to terminate the thread outside the Thread?

regards,
Chris.C

[denniswrenn]

Can't you just create a thread like you would in a normal non-MFC Win32 App?

[mdake]

A worker thread will end when the function ends either by return or by calling AfxEndThread with a return parameter.

You terminate a thread from outside by decalring a handle to thread outside of the thread, then get the m_hThread member inside the thread, then you can use TerminateThread(handle) but that is dangerous.

For a really good article on using worker threads check out this link

http://www.codeproject.com/threads/usingworkerthreads.asp