Question

I would like to perform the operation stated above.

void myFunc()
{
   ... // several stuff
}

...

int main()
{
   ...
   // I would like to run myFunc in a thread so that the code below could execute
   // while it is being completed.
   ...
}

What do you suggest I should do? Which function call from which library would enable me to complete my goal?

Answer 1

For Win32 programming, you can use beginthread. There is also CreateThread, but if I remember correctly, that doesn’t initialize the C/C++ environment, which leads to problems.

Edit: Just checked – MSDN states “A thread in an executable that calls the C run-time library (CRT) should use the _beginthread and _endthread functions for thread management rather than CreateThread and ExitThread”.