Assigning Separate Names to Similar Threads

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All thread instances from the same thread class have the same name. However, you can assign a different name for each thread instance at run time using the following steps.

To assign separate names to similar threads

1. Add a ThreadName property to the thread class by adding the following in the class definition:

   property ThreadName:
   string read FName write FName;
   __property AnsiString ThreadName = {read=FName, write=FName};

   __property AnsiString ThreadName = {read = FName, write = FName};

2. In the SetName method, change where it says:

   ThreadNameInfo.FName := 'MyThreadName';
   info.szName = "MyThreadName";

   info.szName = "MyThreadName";

   to:

   ThreadNameInfo.FName := ThreadName;
   info.szName = ThreadName;

   info.szName = ThreadName;

To create the thread object

1. Create it suspended. See Executing Thread Objects.
2. Assign a name, such as:

   MyThread.ThreadName := 'SearchForFiles';

   MyThread.ThreadName="SearchForFiles";

3. Resume the thread. See Starting and Stopping Threads.

See Also

• Converting an Unnamed Thread to a Named Thread
• Naming a Thread