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Article #12372Re: Killing off a crashed thread
From: Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 22:21
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 22:21
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"Rodolfo Frino" <MenInBlack@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:3fcfb097@newsgroups.borland.com... > What about the Win32 API's ExitThread() You cannot call that from outside of the thread you wish to terminate. It can only be called from the thread that is actually terminating, as it manipulates the calling thread. If the desired thread is frozen, or you have to abort it prematurely, you can't call ExitThread() correctly. > and CloseHandle() to ensure the that the thread object is removed from the operating system. Of course you always have to close the thread handle when you are done with it. But that does not apply to the situation of terminating the thread in the first place. Gambit
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