How To Build Multithreaded Applications

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

Topics

• Building a Multithreaded Application
  • Defining the Thread Object
  • Initializing a Thread
  • Writing the Thread Function (Procedure)
  • Writing Cleanup Code
• Avoiding Simultaneous Thread Access to the Same Memory
• Using the Main VCL Thread
• Waiting for Threads
• Handling Exceptions

See Also

• In the Windows Developer's Guide:
  • Writing multi-threaded applications
  • Naming a Thread
• In Steps in Developing a Project:
  • Freezing and Thawing Threads in the Debugger