DosCreateThread

Creates an asynchronous thread of processing under the current process.

Syntax

DosCreateThread ( tid, function, parameter, flags, stacksize )

Parameters

tid (PTID) output 

Thread ID

function (PFNTHREAD) input 

Function to run in new thread

parameter (ULONG) input 

Parameter passed to function

flags (ULONG) input 

Flags for the new thread

stacksize (ULONG) input 

Stack size for the new thread

Prototype

APIRET DosCreateThread( PTID tid, 
                        PFNTHREAD function,
                        ULONG parameter,
                        ULONG flags,
                        ULONG stack_size );

Define C/C++

INCL_DOSPROCESS

Notes

OS Version Introduced

OS/2 1.0

See Also:

• DosExit
• UsingThreads: Creating Threads