You can check boost::asio (<a href="http://asio.sourceforge.net/">http://asio.sourceforge.net/</a>)<br>Here you can find pretty simple examples for boost::asio::deadline_timer which is (I think so) answer on both of your questions.
<br><br>HTH,<br>Sergey<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2007/6/17, Meryl Silverburgh &lt;<a href="mailto:silverburgh.meryl@gmail.com">silverburgh.meryl@gmail.com</a>&gt;:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br><br>Can you please tell me if i can do this with boost::thread library?<br><br>1. create a timer (say 5 seconds) which execute a function in a<br>different thread when it expires.<br>2. the creator can cancel the timer before it expires.
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