Warning: All signatures on this page are wrong as of 2014-01-24. dwStackSize is SIZE_T and ThreadStart has the wrong delegate signature. It only works by coincidence.
C# Signature:
[DllImport("Kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)]
private unsafe static extern uint CreateThread(
uint* lpThreadAttributes,
uint dwStackSize,
ThreadStart lpStartAddress,
uint* lpParameter,
uint dwCreationFlags,
out uint lpThreadId);
Boo Signature:
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
def CreateThread(lpThreadAttributes as int, dwStackSize as int, lpStartAddress as IntPtr, param as int, dwCreationFlags as int, ref lpThreadId as uint) as IntPtr:
pass
Notes:
None.
Sample Code:
public delegate void StartThread();
unsafe uint StartThread(StartThread ThreadFunc, int StackSize)
{
uint a = 0;
uint* lpThrAtt = &a;
uint i = 0;
uint* lpParam = &i;
uint lpThreadID = 0;
uint dwHandle = CreateThread(null, (uint)StackSize, ThreadFunc, lpParam, 0, out lpThreadID);
if (dwHandle == 0) throw new Exception("Unable to create thread!");
return dwHandle;
}
Tips & Tricks:
Please add some!
C# Signature:
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr CreateThread([In] ref SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
SecurityAttributes, uint StackSize, System.Threading.ThreadStart StartFunction,
IntPtr ThreadParameter, uint CreationFlags, out uint ThreadId);
User-Defined Types:
SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES
Notes:
None.
Tips & Tricks:
Please add some!
Sample Code:
Please add some!
Alternative Managed API:
Try System.Threading.Thread.Start. It doesn't give you all the control of directly calling CreateThread, (such as specifing the flags), but it will get you a vanilla thread to spin up.
