Building a Multithreaded Application

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The video Multi-Threading in Delphi, by Marco Cantu provides an overview of multithreading.

These are the essential steps to building a VCL Forms multithreaded application with a thread object using RAD Studio.

Metaprocedure: To create a multithreaded application

1. Create a VCL form with a defined thread object.
2. Optionally initialize the thread.
3. Write the thread function.
4. Optionally write the cleanup code.

Topics

• Defining the Thread Object
• Initializing a Thread
• Writing the Thread Function (Procedure)
• Writing Cleanup Code

See Also

• Video: Multi-Threading in Delphi, by Marco Cantu
• VCL Overview