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Important Hint: It is recommended to use EurekaLog's naming routines instead of RTL (and possibly other frameworks), because EurekaLog supports Get/SetThreadDescription API, while RTL does not.

 

Option 1

Derive your thread class from TThreadEx class from EBase unit:

 

uses
  EBase; // for TThreadEx
 
type
  TMyThread = class(TThreadEx) 
  protected
    procedure Execute; override;
  end;
 
procedure TMyThread.Execute;
begin
  // ... actual thread's code goes there
end;
 
// ...

 
  Thread := TMyThread.Create(

    'My Thread, FileName=' + FileName { <- this is just an example });
  // or
  Thread := TMyThread.Create(False { <- suspended? }

    'My Thread, FileName=' + FileName { <- this is just an example });

 

 

Option 2

Use BeginThreadEx function from EBase unit:

 

uses
  EBase; // for BeginThreadEx
 
function MyThreadProc(Parameter: Pointer): Integer;
begin
  // ... actual thread's code goes there
end;
 
// ...
 
var
  TH: THandle;
  TID: Cardinal;
begin
  TH := BeginThreadEx
    (nil, 0, MyThreadProc, nil, 0, TID
     'My Thread, FileName=' + FileName { <- this is just an example });
  // ...
end;

 

 

Option 3

Use NameThread (or NameThreadForDebugging) function from EBase unit:

 

uses
  Classes, // for TThread
  EBase;   // for NameThread and NameThreadForDebugging
 
type
  TMyThread = class(TThread)
  protected
    procedure Execute; override;
  // ...
  end;
 
procedure TMyThread.Execute;
begin
  NameThread('My Thread, FileName=' + FileName { <- this is just an example });
  // Alternatively:

  // NameThreadForDebugging('My Thread, FileName=' + FileName);
 
  // ... actual thread's code goes there
end;

 

or:

 

uses
  EBase; // for NameThread and NameThreadForDebugging
 
function MyThreadProc(Parameter: Pointer): Integer;
begin 
  NameThread('My Thread');

  // Alternatively:

  // NameThreadForDebugging('My Thread');
 
  // ... actual thread's code goes there
end;
 
// ...
 
var
  TH: THandle;
  TID: Cardinal;
begin
  TH := BeginThread(nil, 0, MyThreadProc, nil, 0, TID);
 
  // ...
end;

 

 

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