Thread Management Routines

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This topic lists all thread management routines and variables.

Routine	Description
System.BeginThread	Spawns a separate thread of execution.
System.Classes.CheckSynchronize	Allows background threads to synchronize their execution with the main thread.
System.EndThread	Terminates the execution of a thread.
Vcl.Forms.ForegroundTask	Indicates whether the current thread is running in the foreground.
System.IsMultiThread	Indicates whether the application spawned additional threads using System.BeginThread or System.Classes.TThread objects.
System.MainThreadID	Indicates the instance handle for the current module's main thread of execution.
System.NeverSleepOnMMThreadContention	Dictates memory manager behavior during a thread contention.
System.Classes.WakeMainThread	Represents a method (event handler) that is forced into the main thread's queue.
System.MonitorEnter	Prohibits the access of all other threads but the calling one to a specific object.
System.MonitorExit	Releases a lock of the calling thread on a specific object.
System.MonitorPulse	Notifies the next thread in the waiting queue that it will be able to lock the specified object as soon as the calling thread releases it.
System.MonitorPulseAll	Signals all threads in the waiting queue that each one of them will be able to lock the specified object as soon as the calling thread releases it.
System.MonitorTryEnter	Attempts to lock the specified object, so that only the calling thread is able to access it.
System.MonitorWait	Drops the lock on the specified object and puts the calling thread in the waiting queue for a specified amount of time.

See Also

• System.Classes.TThread
• System.SyncObjs.TEvent
• System.SyncObjs.TMutex
• System.SyncObjs.TInterlocked
• System.SyncObjs.TSpinWait
• System.SyncObjs.TSpinLock
• Defining Thread Objects
• Freezing and Thawing Threads in the Debugger