Thread API in VB using VC Debugger
That person is 100% wrong.
The central blocking issue with using CreateThread relates to VB's
dependence on thread local storage (TLS) and the fact that a new thread you
create via this technique will not have initialized its TLS.
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Quote:
> Hiya,
> I've been told that you can infact use the Thread API in Visual Basic
> to build a multithreaded application (since VB5 or 6 using sp3 or 4
> dont remember exactlly), if you dont use the VB de{*filter*} to debug
> your threading code, but instead use the DegugBreak API (not to
> be called when in IDE) and use the VC De{*filter*} to do it instead.
> The person I spoke with said that usingf the VC de{*filter*} to debug
> mulithreaded vb applications using the thread api was quite simple,
> you just had to make sure you checked the "Create symbolic
> debug info" checkbox on the Compile tab in the Project Properties.
> Can anyone comment on this? I havnt had time to test it out my self,
> but if this infact is a possibility (even if it woukd have ot be VB6 +
SP5,
> I dont care) then I would be very good.
> Bye!
