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From: Paul Ooi
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 03:24

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I tried with default, it doesn't work.
Is it because I close the handle AFTER the wait function is called?

Paul


"Bob Gonder" <notbg@notmindspring.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Paul Ooi"  wrote:
>
> >for (;;)
> >{    switch(WaitForSingleObject(HNDEvent, INFINITE)
> >    {
> >        case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
> >            ......
> >            break;
> >        case WAIT_FAILED:
> >            return 0;
> >    }
> >}
>
> >and I expect WaitForSingleObject() in the infinite loop to return with
> >WAIT_FAILED and terminates the thread.  Is that OK?
>
> I'd expect  WAIT_FAILED  if the event handle was invalid; (no wait).
> Possable you might get WAIT_ABANDONED too.
> I'd try it with replacing case WAIT_FAILED: with default:
> That is, ANY return other than what we expect (WAIT_OBJECT_0) will
> quit.
>
>

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