Re: multiple tasks windows

In article <1119824527.593043.169110@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
googlinggoogler@xxxxxxxxxxx says...

> anyway, im making a program that has a real time vision processing
> element and a front end game, if that makes sense - so im using a
> webcam for something at the same time as I render a 3d scene to my
> screen (ive done these elements)
>
> well basically i was woundering how i would go about having both of
> these elements running at the same time, but with the ability to pass
> variables, ive seen the Linux fork command, and i think this could
> work, but im developing under windows...

Multithreading is probably the ideal solution.

But you can start a second process and use interprocess communication
in various forms in Windows. Broadcasting simple messages from one
program to another is pretty easy. However, if you are going to use
pipes etc. for transferring large amounts of data, you might be as well
off to learn about threads anyway. (They aren't all that bad.)

- Gerry Quinn

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