Re: Updating Controls from a Thread Causes Access Violation

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From: Scott McPhillips [MVP] (org-dot-mvps-at-scottmcp)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:40:17 -0500

Brad McMillan wrote:
> The problem is that when I run this under Debug I get an access
> violation when UpdateData(FALSE) is executed.
>
> Can anyone tell me why I'm getting an access violation here? Or, is
> there a better way of updating my static control from within the
> thread?

See FAQ 11 for "why" and FAQ 12 for "a better way."
http://www.mvps.org/vcfaq/mfc/index.htm

You also need to use AfxBeginThread instead of _beginthread. 

-- 
Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]

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