Which is is easiest way to process windows messages while running a lengthy
process ?

I want to allow the user to:
(1) Minimize/ maximize main window ..
(2) Provide a cancel button to stop the process.

Do I have to use a seperate thread ?

Greets,

    You don't necessarily need a separate thread to do this, although
ideally, another thread would make your interface a bit more responsive.
Instead, you can supply a function which can pump a few messages from the
message queue of the current thread.  (Using PeekMessage(),
TranslateMessage() (for accellerators) and DispatchMessage()).  Then, in
your lengthy process (for instance, if this is in a loop), call this
function to process some of the waiting messages.

Regards,

Joe

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Start your "a lengthy process" in another thread.

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