X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/2e38557f30bcba97a6eaa45e8c6dc0c4357b7bff..e8508ea8a890c90e6e72b2579780ca2ccbf40270:/src/msw/utilsexc.cpp?ds=sidebyside

diff --git a/src/msw/utilsexc.cpp b/src/msw/utilsexc.cpp
index b646c56ae2..17eac58b19 100644
--- a/src/msw/utilsexc.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/utilsexc.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 // Created:     04/01/98
 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
 // Copyright:   (c) 1998-2002 wxWindows dev team
-// Licence:     wxWindows license
+// Licence:     wxWindows licence
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 // ============================================================================
@@ -492,6 +492,14 @@ long wxExecute(const wxString& cmd, int flags, wxProcess *handler)
 {
     wxCHECK_MSG( !!cmd, 0, wxT("empty command in wxExecute") );
 
+#if wxUSE_THREADS
+    // for many reasons, the code below breaks down if it's called from another
+    // thread -- this could be fixed, but as Unix versions don't support this
+    // neither I don't want to waste time on this now
+    wxASSERT_MSG( wxThread::IsMain(),
+                    _T("wxExecute() can be called only from the main thread") );
+#endif // wxUSE_THREADS
+
     wxString command;
 
 #if wxUSE_IPC