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struct ThreadData {
//whatever data the thread needs
};

ThreadData *pData = new ThreadData;
//fill up the pData
CreateThread(NULL,0,ThreadFuncName,pData,0,&dwThreadId);

...ThreadFuncName(LPVOID lpVoid)
{
   ThreadData *pData = (ThreadData*)lpVoid;
   //Use the pData
   return 0;
}

"Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed." - Mark Twain

"There is no death, only a change of worlds." - Native American Proverb

...::OnRclick()
{
     DWORD dwMousePos = GetMessagePos();
    
     //Confirm the HIWORD and LOWORD please 
     CPoint pt(HIWORD(dwMousePos),LOWORD(dwMousePos));

     //Use ScreenToClient to change the coordinates if needed
 
     CMenu menu;
     menu.LoadMenu(IDR_MENU1);

     CMenu *pSubMenu = menu.GetSubMenu(0);

     pSubMenu->TrackPopupMenu(...);     
}

<br />
VOID APIENTRY DisplayContextMenu(HWND hwnd, POINT pt) <br />
{ <br />
    HMENU hmenu;            // top-level menu <br />
    HMENU hmenuTrackPopup;  // shortcut menu <br />
 <br />
    // Load the menu resource. <br />
 <br />
    if ((hmenu = LoadMenu(hinst, "ShortcutExample")) == NULL) <br />
        return; <br />
 <br />
    // TrackPopupMenu cannot display the menu bar so get <br />
    // a handle to the first shortcut menu. <br />
 <br />
    hmenuTrackPopup = GetSubMenu(hmenu, 0); <br />
 <br />
    // Display the shortcut menu. Track the right mouse <br />
    // button. <br />
 <br />
    TrackPopupMenu(hmenuTrackPopup, <br />
            TPM_LEFTALIGN | TPM_RIGHTBUTTON, <br />
            pt.x, pt.y, 0, hwnd, NULL); <br />
 <br />
    // Destroy the menu. <br />
 <br />
    DestroyMenu(hmenu); <br />
} <br />

<br />
__try <br />
{<br />
   api_call(mydata);<br />
}<br />
__except ( expression )<br />
{<br />
   // exception handler code<br />
}<br />

__try
{
     api_call(mydata);
}
__except(EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER)
{
     // Error!
}