Locks are used for synchronization in multi-threaded applications, as you probably know. CVI has locks in the multithreading section of the Utility library. First, there are thread locks, that are very similary to critical sections or mutexes in C/C++. Also, there are several objects that have built in locking/synchronization. These object are the thread safe queue, which is a dynamic data buffer that can be used to share arrays of data between threads, the thread safe variable, which is a variable with built in locking through Get and Release accessor functions, and thread locals.
Consult the help for CVI Multithreading for more information. There is also a good tutorial on threading and synchronization with CVI in the cvi\bin directory called MultithreadingOverview.pdf.
Best Regards,
Chris Matthews
National Instruments
