loop speed

locoone

Sleep(1); makes the program lock up

khan

Use a Thread for the task, and lower the priority of the thread. For Stop, signal the thread to stop, like: make the loop test variable = 0; so the loop would stop. For Pause, use SuspendThread() and ResumeThread(). this is this.

locoone

im a noob that is russian to me :(

khan

#include #include #include bool g_bWorking; void Worker() { while (g_bWorking) { //this is the loop where the program does all the work. printf("ASD"); } } unsigned long __stdcall Thread(void* lpVoid) { Worker(); return 0; } main() { unsigned long id; HANDLE h; g_bWorking = TRUE; h = CreateThread(NULL,0,Thread,0,CREATE_SUSPENDED,&id); SetThreadPriority(h,THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST); ResumeThread(h); getch(); SuspendThread(h); getch(); ResumeThread(h); getch(); return 0; } It will start the thread, then on keypress, pause it, then on keypress resume it. You can see the result by running this console application. When you need to stop it, make g_bWorking = false. And by-the-way, are you writing a console app, or a windows app? this is this.

locoone

windows app

khan

Please also specify if you are using MFC or Win32. Is it a dialog-based application? And Is the worker() function a member of your class? this is this.

locoone

it is mfc and dialog and the last im not sure what ya mean

khan

I assume this is your worker function: void CMyDlg::Worker() { while (m_bWorking) { //processing here. } } In your header file: HANDLE m_hThread; bool m_bWorking; static DWORD __stdcall Thread(LPVOID lpVoid); In your .cpp file: DWORD __stdcall CMyDlg::Thread(LPVOID lpVoid) { CMyDlg* parent = (CMyDlg*)lpVoid; parent->Worker(); return 0; } void CMyDlg::OnButtonStart()//your button handler function. { m_bWorking = TRUE; m_hThread = CreateThread(NULL,0,Thread,this,CREATE_SUSPENDED,&id); SetThreadPriority(m_hThread,THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST); ResumeThread(m_hThread); } void CMyDlg::OnButtonSuspend()//pause it { SuspendThread(m_hThread); } void CMyDlg::OnButtonResume()//resume it { ResumeThread(m_hThread); } void CMyDlg::OnButtonStop()//stop it { m_bWorking = false; } I hope that helps. this is this.

locoone

m_hThread = CreateThread(NULL,0,Thread,this,CREATE_SUSPENDED,&id); C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\MyProjects\wordlist\wordlistDlg.cpp(230) : error C2065: 'id' : undeclared identifier its about time to give up

khan

You must have seen in my first post that: unsigned long id; or DWORD id; Please have a look at this MSDN url also: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/createthread.asp[^] this is this.

locoone

unsigned long id; or DWORD id; either of them will give another error if i try them and i cant even come close of making since of the web page :mad: just shoot me

khan

First thing to do is Be Calm. Read some poetry. Next, declaring a variable does not give errors. Make sure you declare it: DWORD id; before CreateThread() function call. And try Rebuild All from the build menu. If that does not solve the problem, you can post the error that Visual Studio gives. this is this.

locoone

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\MyProjects\wordlist\wordlistDlg.cpp(231) : error C2664: 'CreateThread' : cannot convert parameter 3 from 'unsigned long (void *)' to 'unsigned long (__stdcall *)(void *)' None of the functions with this name in scope match the target type DWORD id; m_bWorking = TRUE; m_hThread = CreateThread(NULL,0,Thread,this,CREATE_SUSPENDED,&id); SetThreadPriority(m_hThread,THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST); ResumeThread(m_hThread); that was with the build all ps. i am calm lol

khan

Did you declare the Thread function in the class? It should be like this: static DWORD __stdcall Thread(LPVOID lpVoid); In the implementation file: DWORD __stdcall CMyDlg::Thread(LPVOID lpVoid) { ... And "CMyDlg" is the name of your dialog class. Change that with the real name. Hope that helps. this is this.

locoone

im so lost now i have no clue

khan

Note that CMyDlg is the placeholder of your class-name. e.g, if you made a dialog-based app called Hello, then your dialog class-name will be "CHelloDlg". When you declare a function, it means go to the header file (*.h), and write the declaration line there: e.g, in HelloDlg.h: HANDLE m_hThread; bool m_bWorking; static DWORD __stdcall Thread(LPVOID lpVoid); //------------- declaration ends here. Now open the associated .cpp file e.g, HelloDlg.cpp and write the complete functions there: DWORD __stdcall CMyDlg::Thread(LPVOID lpVoid) { ..... blah blah. And be sure to read a good book on Visual C++. this is this.

locoone

yea i know about the CMyDlg name i got it to not give a error when compilling but when run is a bad error but its 6 am im going to bed will post tomorrow

David Crow

khan++ wrote: m_hThread = CreateThread(NULL,0,Thread,this,CREATE_SUSPENDED,&id); Use AfxBeginThread() with MFC applications.

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David Crow

See here and here for thread information.

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locoone

i narrowed it down i think. if i leave DWORD id; m_bWorking = TRUE; m_hThread = CreateThread(NULL,0,Thread,this,CREATE_SUSPENDED,&id); SetThreadPriority(m_hThread,THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST); ResumeThread(m_hThread); like it is it errors if i //ResumeThread(m_hThread); no error but the program dont run either so im stuck again. error: debug assertion failed file: wincore.cpp line: 890 X| X| X| X|