#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

DWORD WINAPI ThreadFunc( LPVOID lpParam ) 
{ 
    printf( "Parameter = %d.", *(DWORD*)lpParam ); 

    return 0; 
} 
 
VOID main( VOID ) 
{ 
    DWORD dwThreadId, dwThrdParam = 1; 
    HANDLE hThread; 

    hThread = CreateThread( 
        NULL,                        // default security attributes 
        0,                           // use default stack size  
        ThreadFunc,                  // thread function 
        &dwThrdParam,                // argument to thread function 
        0,                           // use default creation flags 
        &dwThreadId);                // returns the thread identifier 
 
   // Check the return value for success. 
 
   if (hThread == NULL) 
   {
      printf( "CreateThread failed (%d)\n", GetLastError() ); 
   }
   else 
   {
      _getch();
      CloseHandle( hThread );
   }
}