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Re: GetThreadContext returns invalid values

#12108
From: Brian Cook
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 18:38
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> HI.

Greetings.


> I use the following code:
>
> <..>
> var
>  context: _context;
> begin
> GetThreadContext(GetCurrentThread, context)
> <..>
> So it should return current thread context, but all values are invalid.
> Context.EIP is much greater than one shown in CPU window (greater than
> $E1000000). What's wrong?

You failed to read the comments for TContext in Windows.pas.  Try this...

  FillChar( Context, sizeof(Context), 0 );  // Probably not necessary
  Context.ContextFlags := CONTEXT_FULL;
  GetThreadContext( GetCurrentThread, Context );

- Brian
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