https://nsis.sourceforge.io/mediawiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=BgWorker_plug-in BgWorker plug-in - Revision history 2026-05-01T12:00:29Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.39.17 https://nsis.sourceforge.io/mediawiki/index.php?title=BgWorker_plug-in&diff=17685&oldid=prev Anders: Created page with '{{PageAuthor|Anders}} == Plugin Info == * '''Version:''' 20091001 <attach>BgWorker.zip</attach> * '''Type:''' Runtime plugin * '''Character encoding:''' Ansi & Unicode (First pl…' 2009-10-01T18:40:44Z <p>Created page with &#039;{{PageAuthor|Anders}} == Plugin Info == * &#039;&#039;&#039;Version:&#039;&#039;&#039; 20091001 &lt;attach&gt;BgWorker.zip&lt;/attach&gt; * &#039;&#039;&#039;Type:&#039;&#039;&#039; Runtime plugin * &#039;&#039;&#039;Character encoding:&#039;&#039;&#039; Ansi &amp; Unicode (First pl…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{PageAuthor|Anders}}<br /> <br /> == Plugin Info ==<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Version:&#039;&#039;&#039; 20091001 &lt;attach&gt;BgWorker.zip&lt;/attach&gt;<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Type:&#039;&#039;&#039; Runtime plugin<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Character encoding:&#039;&#039;&#039; Ansi &amp; Unicode (First plugin to feature both in a single DLL?)<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Minimum OS:&#039;&#039;&#039; Win95/NT4<br /> <br /> <br /> == Description ==<br /> This plugin calls the address stored in $0 in a low priority background thread, the &quot;main&quot; thread will process window messages while waiting for the worker thread. Note that some internal functions and 3rd party components might not work in a separate thread!<br /> <br /> <br /> == Usage Example ==<br /> &lt;highlight-nsis&gt;<br /> GetFunctionAddress $0 workerfunc<br /> BgWorker::CallAndWait ;Calls address stored in $0 in a background thread<br /> &lt;/highlight-nsis&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> == Credits ==<br /> Written by Anders (For fun and profit?)<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Plugins]]</div> Anders