Re: Suspend / resume a thread given only the thread id

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From: Helmut Giese
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 11:09

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On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:44:46 -0700, Bob Gonder
<notbg@notmindspring.invalid> wrote:

Hello Bob,
you saved my day.
>The Win32 API does not provide a way to get the thread handle from the
>thread identifier. <snip> Instead, you must request the handle from
>the thread creator or the thread itself. 
>A thread can use the GetCurrentThread function to retrieve a pseudo
>handle to its own thread object. This pseudo handle is valid only for
>the calling process; it cannot be inherited or duplicated for use by
>other processes. To get the real handle to the thread, given a pseudo
>handle, use the DuplicateHandle function. 
As I stay within the same process this looks easy.
Thanks for the info - if I knew only half as much about Windows' API
I'd be king around here <g>.

Best regards
Helmut Giese

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