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Asked: 2026-05-13T12:08:22+00:00

I create a Windows timer using the following FHandle := SetTimer(0, 0, 1000, TFNTimerProc(@TMyClass.MyMethod));

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I create a Windows timer using the following

FHandle := SetTimer(0, 0, 1000, TFNTimerProc(@TMyClass.MyMethod));

Is this thread shown in the Delphi “Threads” window. If Yes how I can get this Thread ID?

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    There is no thread created by that function. The OS calls the callback function when your program handles the wm_Timer message. It’s called from within the context of the same thread that called SetTimer, so the thread had better have a message pump. (It you’re calling this from the main VCL thread, then the message pump is provided for you by the TApplication class.)

    Furthermore, SetTimer doesn’t return a handle. It returns a timer ID.

    And finally, unless that method is a class static method, it won’t work the way you hope. If the signature of the callback matches what SetTimer expects you to provide, you won’t need a type cast, so if you needed to type-cast the function pointer to make the compiler accept your code, you probably got it wrong.

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