Sleep
The Sleep
function suspends the execution of the current thread for a specified interval.
VOID Sleep(
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DWORD dwMilliseconds |
// sleep time in
milliseconds |
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Parameters
dwMilliseconds
Specifies the
time, in milliseconds, for which to suspend execution. A value of zero causes
the thread to relinquish the remainder of its time slice to any other thread of
equal priority that is ready to run. If there are no other threads of equal
priority ready to run, the function returns immediately, and the thread
continues execution. A value of INFINITE causes an infinite delay.
Return Values
This function
does not return a value.
Remarks
A thread can
relinquish the remainder of its time slice by calling this function with a
sleep time of zero milliseconds.
You have to
be careful when using Sleep and DDE. If a thread creates any windows, it
must process messages. DDE sends messages to all windows in the system. If you
have a thread that uses a wait function with no time-out interval, the system
will deadlock. Therefore, if you have a thread that creates windows, use MsgWaitForMultipleObjects
or MsgWaitForMultipleObjectsEx, rather than Sleep.
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