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Threading in BHO/ATL/COM. Winapi or something else?

I writing IE add-on and I'm using ATL for it. I need to create background worker thread so UI thread will be unblocked as soon as possible. My question is, should I use the lowest possible way of creating thread which is Winapi, CreateThread etc.

Or is there other proffered way of creating worker thread in BHO/ATL/COM projects?

I have to learn this stuff first so I thought I would ask first ;)

Solution

  • There is no need to use low-level APIs unless you need the level of control they offer.

    With ATL you already have CWorkerThread, but you could also use other libraries like Boost.Thread if you prefer.