Define Threads in Visual Studio 2010 - c++

Question

I want to create a C++ application in Visual Studio 2010 which contains 2 threads:
read data from a extern file
write data to an extern file
I already read the theory about threading but don't really understand how I can use it. Is there anybody who can show me how I can simply define and run these 2 threads in Visual Studio 2010?
Currently I have the following example which doesn't work:
class Thread
{
public:
Thread();
int Start(void * arg);
protected:
int Run(void * arg);
static void * EntryPoint(void*);
virtual void Setup();
virtual void Execute(void*);
void * Arg() const {return Arg_;}
void Arg(void* a){Arg_ = a;}
private:
THREADID ThreadId_;
void * Arg_;
};
Thread::Thread() {}
int Thread::Start(void * arg)
{
Arg(arg); // store user data
int code = thread_create(Thread::EntryPoint, this, & ThreadId_);
return code;
}
int Thread::Run(void * arg)
{
Setup();
Execute( arg );
}
/*static */
void * Thread::EntryPoint(void * pthis)
{
Thread * pt = (Thread*)pthis;
pt->Run( pt->Arg() );
}
virtual void Thread::Setup()
{
// Do any setup here
}
virtual void Thread::Execute(void* arg)
{
// Your code goes here
}
I am also open for good tutorials or code examples.

Answer 1

If the program does not compile, you should include the headers of the undefined functions as specified in http://www.MSDN.com . Also make shure the thread is not started from a DLL entrypoint (such as DllMain()).
Also, you should compile with multithreading enabled (i believe it is /MT option).