notify the working thread to quit safely

gistfile1.cpp

// main thread
m_KillThreadEvent.SetEvent();
while (TRUE) {
	DWORD result;
	MSG msg;
	result = ::MsgWaitForMultipleObjects(1, &m_hPositioning, FALSE, INFINITE, QS_ALLINPUT);
	if (result == (WAIT_OBJECT_0)) {
		break;
	} else if (result == ((DWORD)0xFFFFFFFF)) {
		DWORD e = GetLastError();
	} else {
		::PeekMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE);
		::TranslateMessage(&msg);
		::DispatchMessage(&msg);
	}
}
CloseHandle(m_hPositioning);

// working thread
while (WaitForSingleObject(pParam->pKillThreadEvent->m_hObject, 0) == WAIT_TIMEOUT) {
	// do something
}