TThread

type TThread = class

protected

  FThreadID: TThreadID;

  procedure DoTerminate; virtual;

Terminates the thread.

  procedure Execute; virtual; abstract;

Execute method. Should be overridden in a descendent thread.

  procedure Synchronize();

Synchronizes the thread by executing the method in the main thread.

  property ReturnValue: Integer; [rw]

Return value of the thread when it stops executing.

  property Terminated: Boolean; [r]

Indicates whether the Terminatemethod was called by the user.

public

  constructor Create();

Creates a new thread.

  destructor Destroy; override;

Destroys the thread object.

  procedure AfterConstruction; override;

Code to be executed after construction but before execute.

  procedure Start;

Starts a thread thread that was created in a suspended state.

  procedure Resume;

Resumes the thread's execution.

  procedure Suspend;

Suspends the thread's execution.

  procedure Terminate;

Signals the thread it should terminate.

  function WaitFor;

Waits for the thread to terminate and returns the exit status.

  property FreeOnTerminate: Boolean; [rw]

Indicates whether the thread should free itself when it stops executing.

  property Handle: TThreadID; [r]

Returns the thread handle.

  property Priority: TThreadPriority; [rw]

Returns the thread priority.

  property Suspended: Boolean; [rw]

Indicates whether the thread is suspended.

  property ThreadID: TThreadID; [r]

Returns the thread ID.

  property OnTerminate: TNotifyEvent; [rw]

Event called when the thread terminates.

  property FatalException: TObject; [r]

Exception that occured during thread execution

end;

TThread

Abstract Thread class.

TObject

EThread

Thread error exception.

TThread.Execute

Execute method. Should be overridden in a descendent thread.