How to get the winapi id of a thread that has been created using the standard library?

Question

C++11’s standard library contains which allows threads to be created. However, the Windows api requires an ID for some functions (PostThreadMessa

Answer 1

The thread::id class only allows comparison between ids and an output. It does not provide a means to access the actual underlying id. You could try outputting it to a stringstream and then parsing it back in, I guess.

Answer 2

Use the member function native_handle(). It provides the native thread handle. Then you can call GetThreadId() on it.