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Function name : GetCurrentThread

Group: Process and Thread - Library: kernel32

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The GetCurrentThread function retrieves a pseudo handle for the current thread.

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Code examples:

Reading and setting the priority class values for the current process and thread

Declaration:

HANDLE GetCurrentThread(VOID);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetCurrentThread;
	IN kernel32  

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Parameters:

This function has no parameters.

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Return value:

The return value is a pseudo handle for the current thread.

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Comments:

A pseudo handle is a special constant that is interpreted as the current thread handle. The calling thread can use this handle to specify itself whenever a thread handle is required. Pseudo handles are not inherited by child processes.

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