thread settings in visual studio

[wduty]

In Visual Studio

Project Settings -> c/c++ -> Code-Generation -> Use run-time library

has three options: "SingleThreaded", "Multithreaded", "Multithreaded DLL", (and these again for debug).

Should I set this to "Multithreaded "if I'm using CRT functions like (strcpy, fopen, etc.) inside a thread? Is there a difference between whether I'm using CreateThread() threads vs _beginthreadex() threads?

I've never set this myself (which means it's always been set to "SingleThreaded" by default) but what is the official procedure?

 

[programsecrets]

The multithread setting causes the "threadsafe" multi-threaded libraries to be used. You won't always run into trouble, but using the right libraries can help prevent obscure errors that are difficult to track down.

 

[wduty]

Thanks,
wduty