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HTREEITEM ItemFromIndex(int index)
{
    HTREEITEM item = m_tree.GetRootItem();
    while (item != NULL && index > 0)
    {
        item = NextTreeItem(item);
        --index;
    }
    // if item is not NULL, you now have the HTREEITEM of the given index
    return item;
}

HTREEITEM NextTreeItem(HTREEITEM hStartItem)
{
    HTREEITEM hItem = hStartItem;
    if (m_tree.ItemHasChildren(hItem))
    {
        // move down to next level
        HTREEITEM hChildItem = m_tree.GetChildItem(hItem);
        hItem = hChildItem;
    }
    else
    {
        bool foundSibling = false;
        while (!foundSibling && hItem != NULL)
        {
            // move along same level
            HTREEITEM hSiblingItem = m_tree.GetNextItem(hItem, TVGN_NEXT);
            if (hSiblingItem != NULL)
            {
                hItem = hSiblingItem;
                foundSibling = true;
            }
            else
            {
                // nothing on same level so move up and try again
                hItem = m_tree.GetParentItem(hItem);
            }
        }
    }
    return hItem;
}

while( !m_bStopPushThread )
{
   // Do whatever the thread is supposed to do
}

TenFiftyTwo wrote:

It nevertheless does not perform a match - even on a simple 'HELLO' and 'H[a-z]+O')

H[A-Z]+O