samples/thread/thread.cpp

   1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        thread.cpp
   3 // Purpose:     wxWidgets thread sample
   4 // Author:      Guilhem Lavaux, Vadim Zeitlin
   5 // Modified by:
   6 // Created:     06/16/98
   7 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   8 // Copyright:   (c) 1998-2002 wxWidgets team
   9 // Licence:     wxWindows license
  10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  11
  12 // ============================================================================
  13 // declarations
  14 // ============================================================================
  15
  16 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  17 // headers
  18 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  19
  20 // For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx/wx.h".
  21 #include "wx/wxprec.h"
  22
  23 #ifdef __BORLANDC__
  24     #pragma hdrstop
  25 #endif
  26
  27 #ifndef WX_PRECOMP
  28     #include "wx/wx.h"
  29 #endif
  30
  31 #if !wxUSE_THREADS
  32     #error "This sample requires thread support!"
  33 #endif // wxUSE_THREADS
  34
  35 #include "wx/thread.h"
  36 #include "wx/dynarray.h"
  37 #include "wx/numdlg.h"
  38 #include "wx/progdlg.h"
  39
  40 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  41 // resources
  42 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  43
  44 #include "../sample.xpm"
  45
  46 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  47 // private classes
  48 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  49
  50 // define this to use wxExecute in the exec tests, otherwise just use system
  51 #define USE_EXECUTE
  52
  53 #ifdef USE_EXECUTE
  54     #define EXEC(cmd) wxExecute((cmd), wxEXEC_SYNC)
  55 #else
  56     #define EXEC(cmd) system(cmd)
  57 #endif
  58
  59 class MyThread;
  60 WX_DEFINE_ARRAY_PTR(wxThread *, wxArrayThread);
  61
  62 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  63 // the application object
  64 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  65
  66 class MyApp : public wxApp
  67 {
  68 public:
  69     MyApp();
  70     virtual ~MyApp(){};
  71
  72     virtual bool OnInit();
  73
  74     // critical section protects access to all of the fields below
  75     wxCriticalSection m_critsect;
  76
  77     // all the threads currently alive - as soon as the thread terminates, it's
  78     // removed from the array
  79     wxArrayThread m_threads;
  80
  81     // semaphore used to wait for the threads to exit, see MyFrame::OnQuit()
  82     wxSemaphore m_semAllDone;
  83
  84     // indicates that we're shutting down and all threads should exit
  85     bool m_shuttingDown;
  86 };
  87
  88 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  89 // the main application frame
  90 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  91
  92 class MyFrame: public wxFrame
  93 {
  94 public:
  95     // ctor
  96     MyFrame(wxFrame *frame, const wxString& title, int x, int y, int w, int h);
  97     virtual ~MyFrame();
  98
  99     // this function is MT-safe, i.e. it can be called from worker threads
 100     // safely without any additional locking
 101     void LogThreadMessage(const wxString& text)
 102     {
 103         wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(m_csMessages);
 104         m_messages.push_back(text);
 105
 106         // as we effectively log the messages from the idle event handler,
 107         // ensure it's going to be called now that we have some messages to log
 108         wxWakeUpIdle();
 109     }
 110
 111     // accessors for MyWorkerThread (called in its context!)
 112     bool Cancelled();
 113
 114 private:
 115     // event handlers
 116     // --------------
 117
 118     void OnQuit(wxCommandEvent& event);
 119     void OnClear(wxCommandEvent& event);
 120
 121     void OnStartThread(wxCommandEvent& event);
 122     void OnStartThreads(wxCommandEvent& event);
 123     void OnStopThread(wxCommandEvent& event);
 124     void OnPauseThread(wxCommandEvent& event);
 125     void OnResumeThread(wxCommandEvent& event);
 126
 127     void OnStartWorker(wxCommandEvent& event);
 128     void OnExecMain(wxCommandEvent& event);
 129     void OnStartGUIThread(wxCommandEvent& event);
 130
 131     void OnShowCPUs(wxCommandEvent& event);
 132     void OnAbout(wxCommandEvent& event);
 133
 134     void OnIdle(wxIdleEvent &event);
 135     void OnWorkerEvent(wxThreadEvent& event);
 136     void OnUpdateWorker(wxUpdateUIEvent& event);
 137
 138
 139     // thread helper functions
 140     // -----------------------
 141
 142     // helper function - creates a new thread (but doesn't run it)
 143     MyThread *CreateThread();
 144
 145     // update display in our status bar: called during idle handling
 146     void UpdateThreadStatus();
 147
 148     // log the messages queued by LogThreadMessage()
 149     void DoLogThreadMessages();
 150
 151
 152     // internal variables
 153     // ------------------
 154
 155     // just some place to put our messages in
 156     wxTextCtrl *m_txtctrl;
 157
 158     // the array of pending messages to be displayed and the critical section
 159     // protecting it
 160     wxArrayString m_messages;
 161     wxCriticalSection m_csMessages;
 162
 163     // remember the number of running threads and total number of threads
 164     size_t m_nRunning,
 165            m_nCount;
 166
 167     // the progress dialog which we show while worker thread is running
 168     wxProgressDialog *m_dlgProgress;
 169
 170     // was the worker thread cancelled by user?
 171     bool m_cancelled;
 172     wxCriticalSection m_csCancelled;        // protects m_cancelled
 173
 174     DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
 175 };
 176
 177 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 178 // constants
 179 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 180
 181 // ID for the menu commands
 182 enum
 183 {
 184     THREAD_QUIT  = wxID_EXIT,
 185     THREAD_ABOUT = wxID_ABOUT,
 186     THREAD_TEXT          = 101,
 187     THREAD_CLEAR,
 188     THREAD_START_THREAD  = 201,
 189     THREAD_START_THREADS,
 190     THREAD_STOP_THREAD,
 191     THREAD_PAUSE_THREAD,
 192     THREAD_RESUME_THREAD,
 193
 194     THREAD_START_WORKER,
 195     THREAD_EXEC_MAIN,
 196     THREAD_START_GUI_THREAD,
 197
 198     THREAD_SHOWCPUS,
 199
 200     WORKER_EVENT = wxID_HIGHEST+1,   // this one gets sent from MyWorkerThread
 201     GUITHREAD_EVENT                  // this one gets sent from MyGUIThread
 202 };
 203
 204 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 205 // a simple thread
 206 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 207
 208 class MyThread : public wxThread
 209 {
 210 public:
 211     MyThread(MyFrame *frame);
 212     virtual ~MyThread();
 213
 214     // thread execution starts here
 215     virtual void *Entry();
 216
 217     // write something to the text control in the main frame
 218     void WriteText(const wxString& text)
 219     {
 220         m_frame->LogThreadMessage(text);
 221     }
 222
 223 public:
 224     unsigned m_count;
 225     MyFrame *m_frame;
 226 };
 227
 228 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 229 // a worker thread
 230 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 231
 232 class MyWorkerThread : public wxThread
 233 {
 234 public:
 235     MyWorkerThread(MyFrame *frame);
 236
 237     // thread execution starts here
 238     virtual void *Entry();
 239
 240     // called when the thread exits - whether it terminates normally or is
 241     // stopped with Delete() (but not when it is Kill()ed!)
 242     virtual void OnExit();
 243
 244 public:
 245     MyFrame *m_frame;
 246     unsigned m_count;
 247 };
 248
 249 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 250 // a thread which executes GUI calls using wxMutexGuiEnter/Leave
 251 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 252
 253 #define GUITHREAD_BMP_SIZE          300
 254 #define GUITHREAD_NUM_UPDATES       50
 255 class MyImageDialog;
 256
 257 class MyGUIThread : public wxThread
 258 {
 259 public:
 260     MyGUIThread(MyImageDialog *dlg) : wxThread(wxTHREAD_JOINABLE)
 261     {
 262         m_dlg = dlg;
 263     }
 264
 265     virtual ExitCode Entry();
 266
 267 private:
 268     MyImageDialog *m_dlg;
 269 };
 270
 271 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 272 // an helper dialog used by MyFrame::OnStartGUIThread
 273 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 274
 275 class MyImageDialog: public wxDialog
 276 {
 277 public:
 278     // ctor
 279     MyImageDialog(wxFrame *frame);
 280     ~MyImageDialog();
 281
 282     // stuff used by MyGUIThread:
 283     wxBitmap m_bmp;    // the bitmap drawn by MyGUIThread
 284     wxCriticalSection m_csBmp;        // protects m_bmp
 285
 286 private:
 287     void OnGUIThreadEvent(wxThreadEvent& event);
 288     void OnPaint(wxPaintEvent&);
 289
 290     MyGUIThread m_thread;
 291     int m_nCurrentProgress;
 292
 293     DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE()
 294 };
 295
 296 // ============================================================================
 297 // implementation
 298 // ============================================================================
 299
 300 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 301 // the application class
 302 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 303
 304 // Create a new application object
 305 IMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp)
 306
 307 MyApp::MyApp()
 308 {
 309     m_shuttingDown = false;
 310 }
 311
 312 // `Main program' equivalent, creating windows and returning main app frame
 313 bool MyApp::OnInit()
 314 {
 315     if ( !wxApp::OnInit() )
 316         return false;
 317
 318     // uncomment this to get some debugging messages from the trace code
 319     // on the console (or just set WXTRACE env variable to include "thread")
 320     wxLog::AddTraceMask("thread");
 321
 322     // Create the main frame window
 323     MyFrame *frame = new MyFrame((wxFrame *)NULL, _T("wxWidgets threads sample"),
 324                                  50, 50, 450, 340);
 325     SetTopWindow(frame);
 326
 327     // Show the frame
 328     frame->Show(true);
 329
 330     return true;
 331 }
 332
 333 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 334 // MyFrame
 335 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 336
 337 BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyFrame, wxFrame)
 338     EVT_MENU(THREAD_QUIT, MyFrame::OnQuit)
 339     EVT_MENU(THREAD_CLEAR, MyFrame::OnClear)
 340     EVT_MENU(THREAD_START_THREAD, MyFrame::OnStartThread)
 341     EVT_MENU(THREAD_START_THREADS, MyFrame::OnStartThreads)
 342     EVT_MENU(THREAD_STOP_THREAD, MyFrame::OnStopThread)
 343     EVT_MENU(THREAD_PAUSE_THREAD, MyFrame::OnPauseThread)
 344     EVT_MENU(THREAD_RESUME_THREAD, MyFrame::OnResumeThread)
 345
 346     EVT_MENU(THREAD_START_WORKER, MyFrame::OnStartWorker)
 347     EVT_MENU(THREAD_EXEC_MAIN, MyFrame::OnExecMain)
 348     EVT_MENU(THREAD_START_GUI_THREAD, MyFrame::OnStartGUIThread)
 349
 350     EVT_MENU(THREAD_SHOWCPUS, MyFrame::OnShowCPUs)
 351     EVT_MENU(THREAD_ABOUT, MyFrame::OnAbout)
 352
 353     EVT_UPDATE_UI(THREAD_START_WORKER, MyFrame::OnUpdateWorker)
 354     EVT_THREAD(WORKER_EVENT, MyFrame::OnWorkerEvent)
 355     EVT_IDLE(MyFrame::OnIdle)
 356 END_EVENT_TABLE()
 357
 358 // My frame constructor
 359 MyFrame::MyFrame(wxFrame *frame, const wxString& title,
 360                  int x, int y, int w, int h)
 361        : wxFrame(frame, wxID_ANY, title, wxPoint(x, y), wxSize(w, h))
 362 {
 363     SetIcon(wxIcon(sample_xpm));
 364
 365     // Make a menubar
 366     wxMenuBar *menuBar = new wxMenuBar;
 367
 368     wxMenu *menuFile = new wxMenu;
 369     menuFile->Append(THREAD_CLEAR, _T("&Clear log\tCtrl-L"));
 370     menuFile->AppendSeparator();
 371     menuFile->Append(THREAD_QUIT, _T("E&xit\tAlt-X"));
 372     menuBar->Append(menuFile, _T("&File"));
 373
 374     wxMenu *menuThread = new wxMenu;
 375     menuThread->Append(THREAD_START_THREAD, _T("&Start a new thread\tCtrl-N"));
 376     menuThread->Append(THREAD_START_THREADS, _T("Start &many threads at once"));
 377     menuThread->Append(THREAD_STOP_THREAD, _T("S&top the last spawned thread\tCtrl-S"));
 378     menuThread->AppendSeparator();
 379     menuThread->Append(THREAD_PAUSE_THREAD, _T("&Pause the last spawned running thread\tCtrl-P"));
 380     menuThread->Append(THREAD_RESUME_THREAD, _T("&Resume the first suspended thread\tCtrl-R"));
 381     menuThread->AppendSeparator();
 382     menuThread->Append(THREAD_START_WORKER, _T("Start a &worker thread\tCtrl-W"));
 383     menuThread->Append(THREAD_EXEC_MAIN, _T("&Launch a program from main thread\tF5"));
 384     menuThread->Append(THREAD_START_GUI_THREAD, _T("Launch a &GUI thread\tF6"));
 385     menuBar->Append(menuThread, _T("&Thread"));
 386
 387     wxMenu *menuHelp = new wxMenu;
 388     menuHelp->Append(THREAD_SHOWCPUS, _T("&Show CPU count"));
 389     menuHelp->AppendSeparator();
 390     menuHelp->Append(THREAD_ABOUT, _T("&About..."));
 391     menuBar->Append(menuHelp, _T("&Help"));
 392
 393     SetMenuBar(menuBar);
 394
 395     m_nRunning = m_nCount = 0;
 396
 397     m_dlgProgress = (wxProgressDialog *)NULL;
 398
 399 #if wxUSE_STATUSBAR
 400     CreateStatusBar(2);
 401 #endif // wxUSE_STATUSBAR
 402
 403     m_txtctrl = new wxTextCtrl(this, wxID_ANY, _T(""), wxPoint(0, 0), wxSize(0, 0),
 404                                wxTE_MULTILINE | wxTE_READONLY);
 405 }
 406
 407 MyFrame::~MyFrame()
 408 {
 409     // NB: although the OS will terminate all the threads anyhow when the main
 410     //     one exits, it's good practice to do it ourselves -- even if it's not
 411     //     completely trivial in this example
 412
 413     // tell all the threads to terminate: note that they can't terminate while
 414     // we're deleting them because they will block in their OnExit() -- this is
 415     // important as otherwise we might access invalid array elements
 416
 417     {
 418         wxCriticalSectionLocker locker(wxGetApp().m_critsect);
 419
 420         // check if we have any threads running first
 421         const wxArrayThread& threads = wxGetApp().m_threads;
 422         size_t count = threads.GetCount();
 423
 424         if ( !count )
 425             return;
 426
 427         // set the flag indicating that all threads should exit
 428         wxGetApp().m_shuttingDown = true;
 429     }
 430
 431     // now wait for them to really terminate
 432     wxGetApp().m_semAllDone.Wait();
 433 }
 434
 435 MyThread *MyFrame::CreateThread()
 436 {
 437     MyThread *thread = new MyThread(this);
 438
 439     if ( thread->Create() != wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR )
 440     {
 441         wxLogError(wxT("Can't create thread!"));
 442     }
 443
 444     wxCriticalSectionLocker enter(wxGetApp().m_critsect);
 445     wxGetApp().m_threads.Add(thread);
 446
 447     return thread;
 448 }
 449
 450 void MyFrame::DoLogThreadMessages()
 451 {
 452     wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(m_csMessages);
 453
 454     const size_t count = m_messages.size();
 455     for ( size_t n = 0; n < count; n++ )
 456     {
 457         m_txtctrl->AppendText(m_messages[n]);
 458     }
 459
 460     m_messages.clear();
 461 }
 462
 463 void MyFrame::UpdateThreadStatus()
 464 {
 465     wxCriticalSectionLocker enter(wxGetApp().m_critsect);
 466
 467     // update the counts of running/total threads
 468     size_t nRunning = 0,
 469            nCount = wxGetApp().m_threads.Count();
 470     for ( size_t n = 0; n < nCount; n++ )
 471     {
 472         if ( wxGetApp().m_threads[n]->IsRunning() )
 473             nRunning++;
 474     }
 475
 476     if ( nCount != m_nCount || nRunning != m_nRunning )
 477     {
 478         m_nRunning = nRunning;
 479         m_nCount = nCount;
 480
 481         wxLogStatus(this, wxT("%u threads total, %u running."), unsigned(nCount), unsigned(nRunning));
 482     }
 483     //else: avoid flicker - don't print anything
 484 }
 485
 486 bool MyFrame::Cancelled()
 487 {
 488     wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(m_csCancelled);
 489
 490     return m_cancelled;
 491 }
 492
 493 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 494 // MyFrame - event handlers
 495 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 496
 497 void MyFrame::OnStartThreads(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event) )
 498 {
 499     static long s_num;
 500
 501     s_num = wxGetNumberFromUser(_T("How many threads to start: "), _T(""),
 502                                 _T("wxThread sample"), s_num, 1, 10000, this);
 503     if ( s_num == -1 )
 504     {
 505         s_num = 10;
 506
 507         return;
 508     }
 509
 510     unsigned count = unsigned(s_num), n;
 511
 512     wxArrayThread threads;
 513
 514     // first create them all...
 515     for ( n = 0; n < count; n++ )
 516     {
 517         wxThread *thr = CreateThread();
 518
 519         // we want to show the effect of SetPriority(): the first thread will
 520         // have the lowest priority, the second - the highest, all the rest
 521         // the normal one
 522         if ( n == 0 )
 523             thr->SetPriority(WXTHREAD_MIN_PRIORITY);
 524         else if ( n == 1 )
 525             thr->SetPriority(WXTHREAD_MAX_PRIORITY);
 526         else
 527             thr->SetPriority(WXTHREAD_DEFAULT_PRIORITY);
 528
 529         threads.Add(thr);
 530     }
 531
 532 #if wxUSE_STATUSBAR
 533     wxString msg;
 534     msg.Printf(wxT("%d new threads created."), count);
 535     SetStatusText(msg, 1);
 536 #endif // wxUSE_STATUSBAR
 537
 538     // ...and then start them
 539     for ( n = 0; n < count; n++ )
 540     {
 541         threads[n]->Run();
 542     }
 543 }
 544
 545 void MyFrame::OnStartThread(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event) )
 546 {
 547     MyThread *thread = CreateThread();
 548
 549     if ( thread->Run() != wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR )
 550     {
 551         wxLogError(wxT("Can't start thread!"));
 552     }
 553
 554 #if wxUSE_STATUSBAR
 555     SetStatusText(_T("New thread started."), 1);
 556 #endif // wxUSE_STATUSBAR
 557 }
 558
 559 void MyFrame::OnStopThread(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event) )
 560 {
 561     wxCriticalSectionLocker enter(wxGetApp().m_critsect);
 562
 563     // stop the last thread
 564     if ( wxGetApp().m_threads.IsEmpty() )
 565     {
 566         wxLogError(wxT("No thread to stop!"));
 567     }
 568     else
 569     {
 570         wxGetApp().m_threads.Last()->Delete();
 571
 572 #if wxUSE_STATUSBAR
 573         SetStatusText(_T("Last thread stopped."), 1);
 574 #endif // wxUSE_STATUSBAR
 575     }
 576 }
 577
 578 void MyFrame::OnResumeThread(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event) )
 579 {
 580     wxCriticalSectionLocker enter(wxGetApp().m_critsect);
 581
 582     // resume first suspended thread
 583     size_t n = 0, count = wxGetApp().m_threads.Count();
 584     while ( n < count && !wxGetApp().m_threads[n]->IsPaused() )
 585         n++;
 586
 587     if ( n == count )
 588     {
 589         wxLogError(wxT("No thread to resume!"));
 590     }
 591     else
 592     {
 593         wxGetApp().m_threads[n]->Resume();
 594
 595 #if wxUSE_STATUSBAR
 596         SetStatusText(_T("Thread resumed."), 1);
 597 #endif // wxUSE_STATUSBAR
 598     }
 599 }
 600
 601 void MyFrame::OnPauseThread(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event) )
 602 {
 603     wxCriticalSectionLocker enter(wxGetApp().m_critsect);
 604
 605     // pause last running thread
 606     int n = wxGetApp().m_threads.Count() - 1;
 607     while ( n >= 0 && !wxGetApp().m_threads[n]->IsRunning() )
 608         n--;
 609
 610     if ( n < 0 )
 611     {
 612         wxLogError(wxT("No thread to pause!"));
 613     }
 614     else
 615     {
 616         wxGetApp().m_threads[n]->Pause();
 617
 618 #if wxUSE_STATUSBAR
 619         SetStatusText(_T("Thread paused."), 1);
 620 #endif // wxUSE_STATUSBAR
 621     }
 622 }
 623
 624 void MyFrame::OnIdle(wxIdleEvent& event)
 625 {
 626     DoLogThreadMessages();
 627
 628     UpdateThreadStatus();
 629
 630     event.Skip();
 631 }
 632
 633 void MyFrame::OnQuit(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event) )
 634 {
 635     Close(true);
 636 }
 637
 638 void MyFrame::OnExecMain(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
 639 {
 640     wxString cmd = wxGetTextFromUser("Please enter the command to execute",
 641                                      "Enter command",
 642 #ifdef __WXMSW__
 643                                      "notepad",
 644 #else
 645                                      "/bin/echo \"Message from another process\"",
 646 #endif
 647                                      this);
 648     if (cmd.IsEmpty())
 649         return;     // user clicked cancel
 650
 651     wxLogMessage(wxT("The exit code from the main program is %ld"),
 652                  EXEC(cmd));
 653 }
 654
 655 void MyFrame::OnShowCPUs(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
 656 {
 657     wxString msg;
 658
 659     int nCPUs = wxThread::GetCPUCount();
 660     switch ( nCPUs )
 661     {
 662         case -1:
 663             msg = _T("Unknown number of CPUs");
 664             break;
 665
 666         case 0:
 667             msg = _T("WARNING: you're running without any CPUs!");
 668             break;
 669
 670         case 1:
 671             msg = _T("This system only has one CPU.");
 672             break;
 673
 674         default:
 675             msg.Printf(wxT("This system has %d CPUs"), nCPUs);
 676     }
 677
 678     wxLogMessage(msg);
 679 }
 680
 681 void MyFrame::OnAbout(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event) )
 682 {
 683     wxMessageDialog dialog(this,
 684                            _T("wxWidgets multithreaded application sample\n")
 685                            _T("(c) 1998 Julian Smart, Guilhem Lavaux\n")
 686                            _T("(c) 1999 Vadim Zeitlin\n")
 687                            _T("(c) 2000 Robert Roebling"),
 688                            _T("About wxThread sample"),
 689                            wxOK | wxICON_INFORMATION);
 690
 691     dialog.ShowModal();
 692 }
 693
 694 void MyFrame::OnClear(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
 695 {
 696     m_txtctrl->Clear();
 697 }
 698
 699 void MyFrame::OnUpdateWorker(wxUpdateUIEvent& event)
 700 {
 701     event.Enable( m_dlgProgress == NULL );
 702 }
 703
 704 void MyFrame::OnStartWorker(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
 705 {
 706     MyWorkerThread *thread = new MyWorkerThread(this);
 707
 708     if ( thread->Create() != wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR )
 709     {
 710         wxLogError(wxT("Can't create thread!"));
 711         return;
 712     }
 713
 714     m_dlgProgress = new wxProgressDialog
 715                         (
 716                          _T("Progress dialog"),
 717                          _T("Wait until the thread terminates or press [Cancel]"),
 718                          100,
 719                          this,
 720                          wxPD_CAN_ABORT |
 721                          wxPD_APP_MODAL |
 722                          wxPD_ELAPSED_TIME |
 723                          wxPD_ESTIMATED_TIME |
 724                          wxPD_REMAINING_TIME
 725                         );
 726
 727     // thread is not running yet, no need for crit sect
 728     m_cancelled = false;
 729
 730     thread->Run();
 731 }
 732
 733 void MyFrame::OnWorkerEvent(wxThreadEvent& event)
 734 {
 735     int n = event.GetInt();
 736     if ( n == -1 )
 737     {
 738         m_dlgProgress->Destroy();
 739         m_dlgProgress = (wxProgressDialog *)NULL;
 740
 741         // the dialog is aborted because the event came from another thread, so
 742         // we may need to wake up the main event loop for the dialog to be
 743         // really closed
 744         wxWakeUpIdle();
 745     }
 746     else
 747     {
 748         if ( !m_dlgProgress->Update(n) )
 749         {
 750             wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(m_csCancelled);
 751
 752             m_cancelled = true;
 753         }
 754     }
 755 }
 756
 757 void MyFrame::OnStartGUIThread(wxCommandEvent& WXUNUSED(event))
 758 {
 759     MyImageDialog dlg(this);
 760
 761     dlg.ShowModal();
 762 }
 763
 764
 765 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 766 // MyImageDialog
 767 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 768
 769 BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(MyImageDialog, wxDialog)
 770     EVT_THREAD(GUITHREAD_EVENT, MyImageDialog::OnGUIThreadEvent)
 771     EVT_PAINT(MyImageDialog::OnPaint)
 772 END_EVENT_TABLE()
 773
 774 MyImageDialog::MyImageDialog(wxFrame *parent)
 775     : wxDialog(parent, wxID_ANY, "Image created by a secondary thread",
 776                wxDefaultPosition, wxSize(GUITHREAD_BMP_SIZE,GUITHREAD_BMP_SIZE)*1.5, wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE),
 777       m_thread(this)
 778 {
 779     m_nCurrentProgress = 0;
 780
 781     CentreOnScreen();
 782
 783     // NOTE: no need to lock m_csBmp until the thread isn't started:
 784
 785     // create the bitmap
 786     if (!m_bmp.Create(GUITHREAD_BMP_SIZE,GUITHREAD_BMP_SIZE) || !m_bmp.IsOk())
 787     {
 788         wxLogError("Couldn't create the bitmap!");
 789         return;
 790     }
 791
 792     // clean it
 793     wxMemoryDC dc(m_bmp);
 794     dc.SetBackground(*wxBLACK_BRUSH);
 795     dc.Clear();
 796
 797     // draw the bitmap from a secondary thread
 798     if ( m_thread.Create() != wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR ||
 799          m_thread.Run() != wxTHREAD_NO_ERROR )
 800     {
 801         wxLogError(wxT("Can't create/run thread!"));
 802         return;
 803     }
 804 }
 805
 806 MyImageDialog::~MyImageDialog()
 807 {
 808     // in case our thread is still running and for some reason we are destroyed,
 809     // do wait for the thread to complete as it assumes that its MyImageDialog
 810     // pointer is always valid
 811     m_thread.Delete();
 812 }
 813
 814 void MyImageDialog::OnGUIThreadEvent(wxThreadEvent& event)
 815 {
 816     m_nCurrentProgress = int(((float)event.GetInt()*100)/GUITHREAD_NUM_UPDATES);
 817
 818     Refresh();
 819 }
 820
 821 void MyImageDialog::OnPaint(wxPaintEvent& WXUNUSED(evt))
 822 {
 823     wxPaintDC dc(this);
 824
 825     const wxSize& sz = dc.GetSize();
 826
 827     {
 828         // paint the bitmap
 829         wxCriticalSectionLocker locker(m_csBmp);
 830         dc.DrawBitmap(m_bmp, (sz.GetWidth()-GUITHREAD_BMP_SIZE)/2,
 831                              (sz.GetHeight()-GUITHREAD_BMP_SIZE)/2);
 832     }
 833
 834     // paint a sort of progress bar with a 10px border:
 835     dc.SetBrush(*wxRED_BRUSH);
 836     dc.DrawRectangle(10,10, 10+m_nCurrentProgress*(GUITHREAD_BMP_SIZE-20)/100,30);
 837     dc.SetTextForeground(*wxBLUE);
 838     dc.DrawText(wxString::Format("%d%%", m_nCurrentProgress),
 839                 (sz.GetWidth()-dc.GetCharWidth()*2)/2,
 840                 25-dc.GetCharHeight()/2);
 841 }
 842
 843 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 844 // MyThread
 845 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 846
 847 MyThread::MyThread(MyFrame *frame)
 848         : wxThread()
 849 {
 850     m_count = 0;
 851     m_frame = frame;
 852 }
 853
 854 MyThread::~MyThread()
 855 {
 856     wxCriticalSectionLocker locker(wxGetApp().m_critsect);
 857
 858     wxArrayThread& threads = wxGetApp().m_threads;
 859     threads.Remove(this);
 860
 861     if ( threads.IsEmpty() )
 862     {
 863         // signal the main thread that there are no more threads left if it is
 864         // waiting for us
 865         if ( wxGetApp().m_shuttingDown )
 866         {
 867             wxGetApp().m_shuttingDown = false;
 868
 869             wxGetApp().m_semAllDone.Post();
 870         }
 871     }
 872 }
 873
 874 wxThread::ExitCode MyThread::Entry()
 875 {
 876     wxString text;
 877
 878     text.Printf(wxT("Thread %p started (priority = %u).\n"),
 879                 GetId(), GetPriority());
 880     WriteText(text);
 881     // wxLogMessage(text); -- test wxLog thread safeness
 882
 883     for ( m_count = 0; m_count < 10; m_count++ )
 884     {
 885         // check if the application is shutting down: in this case all threads
 886         // should stop a.s.a.p.
 887         {
 888             wxCriticalSectionLocker locker(wxGetApp().m_critsect);
 889             if ( wxGetApp().m_shuttingDown )
 890                 return NULL;
 891         }
 892
 893         // check if just this thread was asked to exit
 894         if ( TestDestroy() )
 895             break;
 896
 897         text.Printf(wxT("[%u] Thread %p here.\n"), m_count, GetId());
 898         WriteText(text);
 899
 900         // wxSleep() can't be called from non-GUI thread!
 901         wxThread::Sleep(1000);
 902     }
 903
 904     text.Printf(wxT("Thread %p finished.\n"), GetId());
 905     WriteText(text);
 906     // wxLogMessage(text); -- test wxLog thread safeness
 907
 908     return NULL;
 909 }
 910
 911
 912 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 913 // MyWorkerThread
 914 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 915
 916 // define this symbol to 1 to test if the YieldFor() call in the wxProgressDialog::Update
 917 // function provokes a race condition in which the second wxThreadEvent posted by
 918 // MyWorkerThread::Entry is processed by the YieldFor() call of wxProgressDialog::Update
 919 // and results in the destruction of the progress dialog itself, resulting in a crash later.
 920 #define TEST_YIELD_RACE_CONDITION       0
 921
 922 MyWorkerThread::MyWorkerThread(MyFrame *frame)
 923         : wxThread()
 924 {
 925     m_frame = frame;
 926     m_count = 0;
 927 }
 928
 929 void MyWorkerThread::OnExit()
 930 {
 931 }
 932
 933 wxThread::ExitCode MyWorkerThread::Entry()
 934 {
 935 #if TEST_YIELD_RACE_CONDITION
 936     if ( TestDestroy() )
 937         return NULL;
 938
 939     wxThreadEvent event( wxEVT_COMMAND_THREAD, WORKER_EVENT );
 940
 941     event.SetInt( 50 );
 942     wxQueueEvent( m_frame, event.Clone() );
 943
 944     event.SetInt(-1);
 945     wxQueueEvent( m_frame, event.Clone() );
 946 #else
 947     for ( m_count = 0; !m_frame->Cancelled() && (m_count < 100); m_count++ )
 948     {
 949         // check if we were asked to exit
 950         if ( TestDestroy() )
 951             break;
 952
 953         // create any type of command event here
 954         wxThreadEvent event( wxEVT_COMMAND_THREAD, WORKER_EVENT );
 955         event.SetInt( m_count );
 956
 957         // send in a thread-safe way
 958         wxQueueEvent( m_frame, event.Clone() );
 959
 960         wxMilliSleep(200);
 961     }
 962
 963     wxThreadEvent event( wxEVT_COMMAND_THREAD, WORKER_EVENT );
 964     event.SetInt(-1); // that's all
 965     wxQueueEvent( m_frame, event.Clone() );
 966 #endif
 967
 968     return NULL;
 969 }
 970
 971
 972 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 973 // MyGUIThread
 974 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 975
 976 wxThread::ExitCode MyGUIThread::Entry()
 977 {
 978     for (int i=0; i<GUITHREAD_NUM_UPDATES && !TestDestroy(); i++)
 979     {
 980         // inform the GUI toolkit that we're going to use GUI functions
 981         // from a secondary thread:
 982         wxMutexGuiEnter();
 983
 984         {
 985             wxCriticalSectionLocker lock(m_dlg->m_csBmp);
 986
 987             // draw some more stuff on the bitmap
 988             wxMemoryDC dc(m_dlg->m_bmp);
 989             dc.SetBrush((i%2)==0 ? *wxBLUE_BRUSH : *wxGREEN_BRUSH);
 990             dc.DrawRectangle(rand()%GUITHREAD_BMP_SIZE, rand()%GUITHREAD_BMP_SIZE, 30, 30);
 991
 992             // simulate long drawing time:
 993             wxMilliSleep(200);
 994         }
 995
 996         // if we don't release the GUI mutex the MyImageDialog won't be able to refresh
 997         wxMutexGuiLeave();
 998
 999         // notify the dialog that another piece of our masterpiece is complete:
1000         wxThreadEvent event( wxEVT_COMMAND_THREAD, GUITHREAD_EVENT );
1001         event.SetInt(i);
1002         wxQueueEvent( m_dlg, event.Clone() );
1003
1004         // give the main thread the time to refresh before we lock the GUI mutex again
1005         // FIXME: find a better way to do this!
1006         wxMilliSleep(100);
1007     }
1008
1009     return (ExitCode)0;
1010 }