原文:http://www.cppblog.com/sandy/archive/2005/12/31/2320.aspx
PostThreadMessage的原型是这样的
BOOL PostThreadMessage( DWORD idThread,
UINT Msg,
WPARAM wParam,
LPARAM lParam
);
PostThreadMessage可以用于线程之间的异步通讯,因为它不用等待调用者返回,
这也许是线程通讯中最简单的一种方法了。
但是要注意以下问题
1 .PostThreadMessage有时会失败,报1444错误(Invalid thread identifier. )
其实这不一定是线程不存在的原因,也有可能是线程不存在消息队列(message queue)造成的。
事实上,并不是每个thread都有message queue,那如何让thread具有呢?
答案是,至少调用message相关的function一次,比如GetMessage,PeekMessage。
2.如果是post动态分配的memory给另外一个thread,要注意内存的正确释放。
3.PostThreadMessage不能够post WM_COPYDATE之类的同步消息,否则会报错
4.最好不要使用PostThreadMessage post message给一个窗口,使用PostMessage替代。
下面是我写的一个比较严整的例子,仅供参考。
#include <windows.h> #include <cstdio> #include <process.h> #define MY_MSG WM_USER+100 const int MAX_INFO_SIZE = 20; HANDLE hStartEvent; // thread start event // thread function unsigned __stdcall fun(void *param) { printf("thread fun start\n"); MSG msg; PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, WM_USER, WM_USER, PM_NOREMOVE); if(!SetEvent(hStartEvent)) //set thread start event { printf("set start event failed,errno:%d\n",::GetLastError()); return 1; } while(true) { if(GetMessage(&msg,0,0,0)) //get msg from message queue { switch(msg.message) { case MY_MSG: char * pInfo = (char *)msg.wParam; printf("recv %s\n",pInfo); delete[] pInfo; break; } } }; return 0; } int main() { HANDLE hThread; unsigned nThreadID; hStartEvent = ::CreateEvent(0,FALSE,FALSE,0); //create thread start event if(hStartEvent == 0) { printf("create start event failed,errno:%d\n",::GetLastError()); return 1; } //start thread hThread = (HANDLE)_beginthreadex( NULL, 0, &fun, NULL, 0, &nThreadID ); if(hThread == 0) { printf("start thread failed,errno:%d\n",::GetLastError()); CloseHandle(hStartEvent); return 1; } //wait thread start event to avoid PostThreadMessage return errno:1444 ::WaitForSingleObject(hStartEvent,INFINITE); CloseHandle(hStartEvent); int count = 0; while(true) { char* pInfo = new char[MAX_INFO_SIZE]; //create dynamic msg sprintf(pInfo,"msg_%d",++count); if(!PostThreadMessage(nThreadID,MY_MSG,(WPARAM)pInfo,0))//post thread msg { printf("post message failed,errno:%d\n",::GetLastError()); delete[] pInfo; } ::Sleep(1000); } CloseHandle(hThread); return 0; }
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