Proper way to add item to ListCtrl

[Manmohan29]

tell me proper way to add an item to ListCtrl. Here is my code:-

// stdafx.h
#define WM_MYMESSAGE (WM_USER+1)

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// MyThread.h

class CMyThread : public CWinThread
{
DECLARE_DYNCREATE(CMyThread)
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public:
unsigned int f0ll, f1ll, f2ll, f3ll;
unsigned int f0ul, f1ul, f2ul, f3ul;

public:
afx_msg void MyMessageHandler(WPARAM, LPARAM);

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// MyThread.cpp
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afx_msg void CMyThread::MyMessageHandler(WPARAM, LPARAM)
{
// I have to add an item to ListCtrl here
}
BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CMyThread, CWinThread)
ON_THREAD_MESSAGE(WM_MYMESSAGE, MyMessageHandler)
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

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// IPMDlg.cpp
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void CIPMDlg::OnBnClickedBrefreshdevices()
{
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pRefreshThread = AfxBeginThread(RUNTIME_CLASS(CMyThread));
pRefreshThread->PostThreadMessage(WM_MYMESSAGE, 0, 0);
}

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[Richard Andrew x64]

If "MyThread" is not the thread that owns the ListCtrl, then you will have problems. You must add items to the ListCtrl only from the thread that created the ListCtrl.

[Manmohan29]

CIPMDlg class created the ListCtrl should I post a message back to the main thread's message pump to add item to ListCtrl

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[David Crow]

Manmohan29 wrote:

should I post a message back to the main thread's message pump to add item to ListCtrl

Yes.

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