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Hi

I have a HANDLE to an Event, like this..

HANDLE h = ::CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);

This is running in one thread in one class. For example we will call
that class as "Class A"

Now i want to use this HANDLE in another thread in another class to
call SetEvent(h); This is "Class B"

I tried creating a pointer to Class A and using it, But it gets an
invalid HANDLE.

Any idea how this can be done?

Donos wrote:
> I have a HANDLE to an Event, like this..
>
> HANDLE h = ::CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
>
> This is running in one thread in one class. For example we will call
> that class as "Class A"
>
> Now i want to use this HANDLE in another thread in another class to
> call SetEvent(h); This is "Class B"
>
> I tried creating a pointer to Class A and using it, But it gets an
> invalid HANDLE.
>
> Any idea how this can be done?

This is not a C++ language question. This is a Windows programming
question. Please ask Windows programming questions in the Windows
programming newsgroup.

V
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"Victor Bazarov" <> wrote in message
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> Donos wrote:
>> I have a HANDLE to an Event, like this..
>>
>> HANDLE h = ::CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
>>
>> This is running in one thread in one class. For example we will call
>> that class as "Class A"
>>
>> Now i want to use this HANDLE in another thread in another class to
>> call SetEvent(h); This is "Class B"
>>
>> I tried creating a pointer to Class A and using it, But it gets an
>> invalid HANDLE.
>>
>> Any idea how this can be done?
>
> This is not a C++ language question. This is a Windows programming
> question. Please ask Windows programming questions in the Windows
> programming newsgroup.


V: It is a very fundamental C++ language question, even though it uses
Windows terms. The OP clearly needs help with C++ concepts.

Donos: The problem stems from a lack of understanding of the difference
between a class and an object of that class. This is best approached by
careful study of the first few chapters of any C++ book. Classes do not
store any data, only objects do that.

The handle is not stored in class A, it is stored in an object whose type is
class A. Creating a pointer to Class A elsewhere does not magically make it
point at the original A object. If object B wishes to access a member
variable of object A then object B must have a pointer (or reference) to the
original A object and this pointer must be initialized with the address of
the A object. Also notice that h must be a member variable, not the
automatic variable you show in your code.

class A {
public:
HANDLE h;
A::A() { h = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);}
};

// some function in class B
A* a = new A();
HANDLE hcopy = a->h;

--
Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]

Also, i think it's wrong to expose class internal HANDLE. That's
breaking encapsulation.


On Oct 19, 4:52 am, "Scott McPhillips [MVP]" <org-dot-mvps-at-
scottmcp> wrote:
> "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abaza...@comAcast.net> wrote in message
>
> news:ff8or7$u97$...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Donos wrote:
> >> I have a HANDLE to an Event, like this..
>
> >> HANDLE h = ::CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
>
> >> This is running in one thread in one class. For example we will call
> >> that class as "Class A"
>
> >> Now i want to use this HANDLE in another thread in another class to
> >> call SetEvent(h); This is "Class B"
>
> >> I tried creating a pointer to Class A and using it, But it gets an
> >> invalid HANDLE.
>
> >> Any idea how this can be done?
>
> > This is not a C++ language question. This is a Windows programming
> > question. Please ask Windows programming questions in the Windows
> > programming newsgroup.
>
> V: It is a very fundamental C++ language question, even though it uses
> Windows terms. The OP clearly needs help with C++ concepts.
>
> Donos: The problem stems from a lack of understanding of the difference
> between a class and an object of that class. This is best approached by
> careful study of the first few chapters of any C++ book. Classes do not
> store any data, only objects do that.
>
> The handle is not stored in class A, it is stored in an object whose type is
> class A. Creating a pointer to Class A elsewhere does not magically make it
> point at the original A object. If object B wishes to access a member
> variable of object A then object B must have a pointer (or reference) to the
> original A object and this pointer must be initialized with the address of
> the A object. Also notice that h must be a member variable, not the
> automatic variable you show in your code.
>
> class A {
> public:
> HANDLE h;
> A::A() { h = CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);}
>
> };
>
> // some function in class B
> A* a = new A();
> HANDLE hcopy = a->h;
>
> --
> Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Scott McPhillips [MVP] wrote:
> "Victor Bazarov" <> wrote in message
> news:ff8or7$u97$...
>> Donos wrote:
>>> I have a HANDLE to an Event, like this..
>>>
>>> HANDLE h = ::CreateEvent(NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
>>>
>>> This is running in one thread in one class. For example we will call
>>> that class as "Class A"
>>>
>>> Now i want to use this HANDLE in another thread in another class to
>>> call SetEvent(h); This is "Class B"
>>>
>>> I tried creating a pointer to Class A and using it, But it gets an
>>> invalid HANDLE.
>>>
>>> Any idea how this can be done?
>>
>> This is not a C++ language question. This is a Windows programming
>> question. Please ask Windows programming questions in the Windows
>> programming newsgroup.
>
>
> V: It is a very fundamental C++ language question, even though it uses
> Windows terms. The OP clearly needs help with C++ concepts.

Might be. As I read it, the question was similar to "I create an event
in thread 1, then I need to call SetEvent() for that event in thread 2,
how do I do it? How the hell is that a fundamental C++ question?

> Donos: The problem stems from a lack of understanding of the
> [..]

V
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