Thanks Christof.

Some more questions please:

Is there a way to close the threads (stop them running) via code? E.g. user clicks a Stop processing button.

Also, I notice that when I QUIT the main application, the background threads also stop. I expected they would carry on until finished.

Can one just continue to add new threads at will, or is there a recommended max number of threads that are advisable. Is there a rule of thumb - e.g. have no more than one, or no more than 10, 100 ...

Cyril





>Hi Cyril,
>
>

>* ... create a thread here
>
>DECLARE GetExitCodeThread IN WIN32API LONG hThread, LONG @lpExitCode
>lnExitCode = 259
>DO WHILE m.lnExitCode = 259
>  GetExitCodeThread( m.lnHandle, @lnExitCode )
>  * ... do something
>ENDDO
>CloseHandle( m.lnHandle )
>

>
>259 is the STILL_RUNNING exit code. If you only wait for the thread to end you could use the WaitForSingleObject() API function.