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Hello guys, I should say it is an honour to meet you.
Dumb question...
Does the CreateThread still have what it takes ¿
What I mean is, I'm a VB / VB.NET guy, and instead of using the built in Threading classes, i have always preferred doing threading with APIs.
What are the pros and cons ( specific to VS 2010 ) in this regard ¿
Thanx
Hannes
Hannes, I believe CreateThread() is just not guaranteed to work in VB. Isn't it? Your programming system provides an API for thread creation, so use it. For example, in Visual C++ CreateThread() is not quite work (the run-time is dirtily patched to make it work in general, but memory leaks are still possible). Instead, Visual C++ run-time provides special __beginthreadex() function for thread creation, which is a C++ function rather than WinAPI function.
HanneS - What dvyukov said.
I don't know about VB, but if you're using the C Runtime Library (CRT), _beginthreadex does a better job at initializations when starting threads. If you skip those by using _beginthread or CreateThread, there can be problems in other CRT function execution.
For managed code Joe Duffy (Concurrent Programming on Windows) recommends the System.Threading.Thread class and Start methods.
Thanx for your valuable input guys!
Much appreciated :)
I guess I've been using VB 6 for too long, before going to .NET! LOL! :lol: