Interprocess synchronization using mutex in windows(win32 or C++)

Question

I want to build thread synchronization between 2 processes. basically one thread is running in a App1.exe and a second process is running in App2.exe. How do i synchronize these 2 threads in windows. can someone please share some examples or links.

Answer 1

Possibilities:

• A WINAPI Mutex is an interprocess synchronization mechanism. See Using Mutex Objects for an overview.
• boost::mutex. One reason to prefer this is the provided scoped_lock feature that ensures a lock is released regardless of how a scope is exited (exception or multiple return statements).