How to interrupt Main Thread in Visual c++

Question

I am trying to interrupt my main Thread from another thread. When I use Boost I simply do myThread.interrupt(); but now I want to interrupt the main Thread (that is sleeping) from a boost::thread I created.

I get to this but std::this_thread doesn't exists in Visual C++ 2013. Is another way I can get a reference to the main Thread so I can use it later to yield() or interrupt()?

The Visual C++ Standard Library has included `std::this_thread` since at least Visual C++ 2012. — James McNellis, Jan 06 '14 at 21:05
Yes I managed to get it working (forgot to add thread.h) but still no way to access Thread from the ID. — Andres, Jan 06 '14 at 21:16

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 07 '14 at 17:26

I ended up creating a new boost::thread where my main program runs:

boost::thread mainThread;

void mainFunction(std::string portNumber){

}

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) {

    mainThread = boost::thread(mainFunction, argv[1]);
    mainThread.join();
}

So I can interrupt the Thread when I want with mainThread.interrupt()

How to interrupt Main Thread in Visual c++

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