What is a LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE?

Question

I can't seem to find any documentation for LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE for the C language.

I found this but it is for .NET Framework 4.5 and it is deprecated: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa964928.aspx

The reason why I want to know is because I need it for CreateThread: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682453%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Answer 1

LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE is actually documented under the name of ThreadProc:

An application-defined function that serves as the starting address for a thread. Specify this address when calling the CreateThread, CreateRemoteThread, or CreateRemoteThreadEx function.

The LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE type defines a pointer to this callback function. ThreadProc is a placeholder for the application-defined function name.

Answer 2

This is documented here on MSDN. It is a function pointer defined as:

typedef DWORD (__stdcall *LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE) (
    [in] LPVOID lpThreadParameter
);