Obtains the ID for the current thread. The ID is a unique value that identifies the thread, but differs from a handle. A thread ID can be used in OpenThread.

DWORD GetCurrentThreadId(VOID);

Parameters

None.

Remarks

You cannot call this function from a pure INtime thread.

Return Values

Thread identifier of calling thread

Success.

0 (zero)

Failure.

Requirements

Note

This function operates in the real-time portion of your application.

See Also

GetCurrentThread, OpenThread, iwin32 API, iwin32 Overview