URGENT: Parallel running of commands in VC++

[pradipto]

Hi,

Suppose in VC++ code, I have two commands:

...
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runcommand1;
runcommand2;
...
...

now suppose each of the two above commands take a long time and their outputs are NOT dependent on each other. How can I run them parallelly ?

p.s. both commands do some external file operations.

thanks

 

[xwb]

Use threads or fibers. You have to compile the program as multithreaded.

Not many people know about fibers so if you want to keep a job for yourself, use fibers

 

[Wings]

look into CreateThread()

 

[tmiketx]

and then into _beginthreadex()....

 

[drewdaman]

you cannot truly run them in parallel unless you have multiple processors... but as mentioned here, multithreading is probably your answer.

also, tell us a little more about what you're doing and what you are using. are you using mfc? if so, you can also use AfxBeginThread().