The following table lists routines available for multithread programs. For information about the calling syntax of these routines, see the Platform SDK title in HTML Help Viewer.
Routine | Description |
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CloseHandle | Closes an open object handle. |
CreateEvent | Creates a named or unnamed event object. |
CreateMutex | Creates a named or unnamed mutex object. |
CreateProcess | Creates a new process and its primary thread. |
CreateSemaphore | Creates a named or unnamed semaphore object. |
CreateThread | Creates a thread to execute within the address space of the calling process. |
DeleteCriticalSection | Releases all resources used by an unowned critical section object. |
DuplicateHandle | Duplicates an object handle. |
EnterCriticalSection | Waits for ownership of the specified critical section object. |
ExitProcess | Ends a process and all its threads. |
ExitThread | Ends a thread. |
GetCurrentProcess | Returns a pseudohandle for the current process. |
GetCurrentProcessId | Returns the process identifier of the calling process. |
GetCurrentThread | Returns a pseudohandle for the current thread. |
GetCurrentThreadId | Returns the thread identifier of the calling thread. |
GetExitCodeProcess | Retrieves the termination status of the specified process. |
GetExitCodeThread | Retrieves the termination status of the specified thread. |
GetLastError | Returns the calling thread's last-error code value. |
GetPriorityClass | Returns the priority class for the specified process. |
GetThreadPriority | Returns the priority value for the specified thread. |
InitializeCriticalSection | Initializes a critical section object. |
LeaveCriticalSection | Releases ownership of the specified critical section object. |
OpenEvent | Returns a handle of an existing named event object. |
OpenMutex | Returns a handle of an existing named mutex object. |
OpenProcess | Returns a handle of an existing process object. |
OpenSemaphore | Returns a handle of an existing named semaphore object. |
PulseEvent | As a single operation, sets (to signaled) and then resets the state of the specified event object after releasing the appropriate number of waiting threads. |
ReleaseMutex | Releases ownership of the specified mutex object. |
ReleaseSemaphore | Increases the count of the specified semaphore object by a specified amount. |
ResetEvent | Sets the state of the specified event object to nonsignaled. |
ResumeThread | Decrements a thread's suspend count. When the suspend count is zero, execution of the thread resumes. |
SetEvent | Sets the state of the specified event object to signaled. |
SetLastError | Sets the last-error code for the calling thread. |
SetPriorityClass | Sets the priority class for the specified process. |
SetThreadPriority | Sets the priority value for the specified thread. |
SuspendThread | Suspends the specified thread. |
TerminateProcess | Terminates the specified process and all of its threads. |
TerminateThread | Terminates a thread. |
TlsAlloc | Allocates a thread local storage (TLS) index. |
TlsFree | Releases a thread local storage (TLS) index, making it available for reuse. |
TlsGetValue | Retrieves the value in the calling thread's thread local storage (TLS) slot for a specified TLS index. |
TlsSetValue | Stores a value in the calling thread's thread local storage (TLS) slot for a specified TLS index. |
WaitForMultipleObjects | Returns either any one or all of the specified objects are in the signaled state or when the time-out interval elapses. |
WaitForSingleObject | Returns when the specified object is in the signaled state or the time-out interval elapses. |
If a function mentioned in this section is not listed in the preceding table, it is only available through the USE DFWIN statement.