ContinueDebugEvent

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Windows NT
Yes
Win95
Yes
Win32s
Yes
Import Library
kernel32.lib
Header File
winbase.h
Unicode
No
Platform Notes
None

The ContinueDebugEvent function enables a debugger to continue a thread that previously reported a debugging event.

BOOL ContinueDebugEvent(

DWORD dwProcessId,	// process to continue
DWORD dwThreadId,	// thread to continue
DWORD dwContinueStatus	// continuation status
);

Parameters
dwProcessId

Identifies the process to continue.

dwThreadId

Identifies the thread to continue. The combination of process identifier and thread identifier must identify a thread that has previously reported a debugging event.

dwContinueStatus

Specifies how to continue the thread that reported the debugging event.

If the DBG_CONTINUE flag is specified for this parameter and the thread specified by the dwThreadId parameter previously reported an EXCEPTION_DEBUG_EVENT debugging event, the function stops all exception processing and continues the thread. For any other debugging event, this flag simply continues the thread.

If the DBG_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED flag is specified for this parameter and the thread specified by dwThreadId previously reported an EXCEPTION_DEBUG_EVENT debugging event, the function continues exception processing. If this is a first-chance exception event, the search and dispatch logic of the structured exception handler is used; otherwise, the process is terminated. For any other debugging event, this flag simply continues the thread.

Return Values
If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks
Only the thread that created dwProcessId with the CreateProcess function can call ContinueDebugEvent.

After the ContinueDebugEvent function succeeds, the specified thread continues. Depending on the debugging event previously reported by the thread, different actions occur. If the continued thread previously reported an EXIT_THREAD_DEBUG_EVENT debugging event, ContinueDebugEvent closes the handle the debugger has to the thread. If the continued thread previously reported an EXIT_PROCESS_DEBUG_EVENT debugging event, ContinueDebugEvent closes the handles the debugger has to the process and to the thread.