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RTKernel-32 Programming Manual

Multitasking, Real-Time, and RTKernel-32

Module RTKernel-32

Alternate APIs for RTKernel-32

RTKernel-C 4.5 for DOS Compatible API

Win32 Thread Compatible API

Win32 Priorities

Win32 and RTKernel-32 Error Handling

Mixing RTKernel-32 and Win32 APIs

Function GetCurrentThreadId

Function CreateThread

Function ExitThread

Function TerminateThread

Function GetExitCodeThread

Function GetCurrentThread

Function GetTickCount

Function GetTickCount64

Function SuspendThread

Function ResumeThread

Function SetThreadPriority

Function GetThreadPriority

Function InitializeCriticalSection

Function InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount

Function EnterCriticalSection

Function TryEnterCriticalSection

Function LeaveCriticalSection

Function DeleteCriticalSection

Function CreateEvent

Function CreateMutex

Function CreateSemaphore

Function OpenEvent

Function OpenMutex

Function OpenSemaphore

Function SetEvent

Function ResetEvent

Function PulseEvent

Function ReleaseMutex

Function ReleaseSemaphore

Function WaitForSingleObject

Function WaitForMultipleObjects

Function QueryPerformanceCounter

Function QueryPerformanceFrequency

Function GetThreadId

Function SleepEx

Function QueueUserAPC

Function QueueUserWorkItem

Function GetSystemTimeAdjustment

Function SwitchToThread

Function CreateWaitableTimer

Function SetWaitableTimer

Function OpenWaitableTimer

Function CancelWaitableTimer

Function SetThreadAffinityMask

Function SetThreadGroupAffinity

Supplemental Modules

RTKernel-32 Drivers

Advanced Topics

Typical Error Sources

Error and Information Messages

RTKernel-32 Reference Manual

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Mixing RTKernel-32 and Win32 APIs

The simultaneous use of both RTKernel-32's native and Win32 API is possible and quite typical, since the Win32 thread API lacks many features required by real-time systems (e.g., interrupt handling, real-time memory management, etc.). However, care must be taken not to confuse Win32 thread handles and RTKernel-32 task handles.

Every task running under RTKernel-32 has exactly one RTKernel-32 task handle. However, only those tasks started by Win32's CreateThread function have one or more Win32 handles. If you want to use the compiler's multithread run-time libraries, all threads using the run-time systems should be started using the run-time systems' function for this purpose (e.g., _beginthread) or function RTKRTLCreateThread. To translate Win32 thread handles to/from RTKernel-32 handles, use function RTKWin32ToRTKHandle and function RTKToWin32Handle.

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Win32 and RTKernel-32 Error Handling

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