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Leunsel: Added related function template.

2026-06-26T20:53:31Z

Added related function template.

Leunsel: Syntax Highlighting.

2026-06-26T20:47:48Z

Syntax Highlighting.

Leunsel at 04:47, 21 June 2026

2026-06-21T04:47:33Z

Leunsel: Minor edit. Added Version Notice Template.

2025-12-04T19:04:13Z

Minor edit. Added Version Notice Template.

Leunsel at 19:03, 4 December 2025

2025-12-04T19:03:25Z

Leunsel: Created page with "Category:Lua '''function''' inMainThread() ''':''' Boolean Returns true if the current code is running inside the main thread. Available in Cheat Engine 6.4 and later...."

2025-07-11T00:35:09Z

Created page with "Category:Lua '''function''' inMainThread() ''':''' Boolean Returns true if the current code is running inside the main thread. Available in Cheat Engine 6.4 and later...."

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[[Category:Lua]]
'''function''' inMainThread() ''':''' Boolean

Returns true if the current code is running inside the main thread.
Available in Cheat Engine 6.4 and later.

===Function Parameters===
None.

===Returns===
Boolean — true if running in the main thread, false otherwise.

===Examples===
<pre>
function ShowError(message)
if not inMainThread() then
synchronize(function()
self:ShowError(message)
end)
return
end
messageDialog(message, mtError, mbOK)
end
</pre>

== See also ==
* [[Lua:createThread|createThread]]
* [[Lua:synchronize|synchronize]]

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	{{LuaSeeAlso}}		{{LuaSeeAlso}}
		+
		+	{{Threads}}

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 ===Examples===
-<pre>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua" line>
 if inMainThread() then
    print("Running in the main thread")
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    print("Not running in the main thread")
 end
-</pre>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 {{LuaSeeAlso}}

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	[[Category:Lua]]		[[Category:Lua]]
		+	{{VersionNotice\|6.4+}}
	'''function''' inMainThread() ''':''' Boolean		'''function''' inMainThread() ''':''' Boolean

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 [[Category:Lua]]
 {{VersionNotice|6.4+}}
-'''function''' inMainThread() ''':''' Boolean
+{{CodeBox|'''function''' inMainThread() ''':''' boolean}}
 Returns true if the current code is running inside the main thread.
 ===Function Parameters===
-None.
+This function has no parameters.
 ===Returns===
-Boolean — true if running in the main thread, false otherwise.
+boolean — True if the current code is running inside the main thread, otherwise false.
 ===Examples===
 <pre>
-function ShowError(message)
+if inMainThread() then
-    if not inMainThread() then
+  print("Running in the main thread")
-        synchronize(function()
+else
-            self:ShowError(message)
+  print("Not running in the main thread")
 end
 </pre>
-== See also ==
+{{LuaSeeAlso}}