Simple threads example for Dev C++ using windows.h - c++

Question

I have been trying to learn multithreading for the first time but most of the examples I saw had a thread.h header file. Its not there in Dev C++.
I found this article, which says you can do it using windows.h.Sadly it doesn't provide any example programs. Can somebody please provide an example program which uses thread functions in windows.h or any other header file which is widely used and is present in Dev C++?
Thank You

Answer 1

Best option is to do threading in c or c++ use pthread.h header file
example work on gcc or dev c++
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include<pthread.h>
int i=0;
void* fun()
{
for(i=0;i<100;i++)
printf("\nThe thread 1 is running");
}
void* van()
{
for(i=0;i<100;i++)
printf("\nthread 2 is running ");
}
int main()
{
pthread_t t1,t2;
pthread_create(&t1,NULL,fun,NULL);
pthread_create(&t2,NULL,van,NULL);
printf("\nI'm in main\n");
pthread_join(t2,NULL);
return 0;
}

Answer 2

Well windows.h has a function called CreateThread().
It's signature and other info can been seen here.
You need a callback function, that will start executing when you start the thread.
NULL can be passed to the first lpThreadAttributes argument.
HANDLE WINAPI CreateThread(
_In_opt_ LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpThreadAttributes,
_In_ SIZE_T dwStackSize,
_In_ LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE lpStartAddress,
_In_opt_ LPVOID lpParameter,
_In_ DWORD dwCreationFlags,
_Out_opt_ LPDWORD lpThreadId
);