thread id

[Stephen Toner]

Hi,
I have been trying to integrate an application which uses PostThreadMessage
to pass messages between the different layers. Now however I wish to pass
a message to the main MFC application, and was wondering if this method could
still be used. If so how can one find the thread ID for the primary thread
running within the application.
Thanks for any help,
Stephen

[Jan Sears]

Windows API provides a function

DWORD GetCurrentThreadId();

Or if you need a handle to the thread use..

HANDLE GetCurrentThread(VOID);

Parameters
This function has no parameters.

Return Values
The return value is a pseudo handle for the current thread.

Remarks
A pseudo handle is a special constant that is interpreted as the current
thread handle. The calling thread can use this handle to specify itself
whenever a thread handle is required. Pseudo handles are not inherited by
child processes.

This handle has the maximum possible access to the thread object. For
systems that support security descriptors, this is the maximum access
allowed by the security descriptor for the calling process. For systems that
do not support security descriptors, this is THREAD_ALL_ACCESS.

The function cannot be used by one thread to create a handle that can be
used by other threads to refer to the first thread. The handle is always
interpreted as referring to the thread that is using it. A thread can create
a "real" handle to itself that can be used by other threads, or inherited by
other processes, by specifying the pseudo handle as the source handle in a
call to the DuplicateHandle function.

The pseudo handle need not be closed when it is no longer needed. Calling
the CloseHandle function with this handle has no effect. If the pseudo
handle is duplicated by DuplicateHandle, the duplicate handle must be
closed.

Requirements
Windows NT/2000: Requires Windows NT 3.1 or later.
Windows 95/98: Requires Windows 95 or later.
Header: Declared in Winbase.h; include Windows.h.
Library: Use Kernel32.lib.

I hope this helps...

Jan Sears


"Stephen Toner" <toners5@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
> I have been trying to integrate an application which uses
PostThreadMessage
> to pass messages between the different layers. Now however I wish to pass
> a message to the main MFC application, and was wondering if this method
could
> still be used. If so how can one find the thread ID for the primary
thread
> running within the application.
> Thanks for any help,
> Stephen