+#else
+ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+ //Windows version shared memory, so be careful when passing variables through the distanceData struct.
+ //Above fork() will clone, so memory is separate, but that's not the case with windows,
+ //that's why the distance calculator was moved inside of the driver to make separate copies.
+ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+ vector<distanceData*> pDataArray; //[processors-1];
+ DWORD dwThreadIdArray[processors-1];
+ HANDLE hThreadArray[processors-1];
+
+ //Create processor-1 worker threads.
+ for( int i=0; i<processors-1; i++ ){
+
+ // Allocate memory for thread data.
+ distanceData* tempDist = new distanceData(lines[i+1].start, lines[i+1].end, (filename + toString(i) + ".temp"), cutoff, alignDB, Estimators, m, output, numNewFasta, countends);
+ pDataArray.push_back(tempDist);
+ processIDS.push_back(i);
+
+ //MyDistThreadFunction is in header. It must be global or static to work with the threads.
+ //default security attributes, thread function name, argument to thread function, use default creation flags, returns the thread identifier
+ hThreadArray[i] = CreateThread(NULL, 0, MyDistThreadFunction, pDataArray[i], 0, &dwThreadIdArray[i]);
+ }
+
+ //do your part
+ if (output != "square") { driver(lines[0].start, lines[0].end, filename, cutoff); }
+ else { driver(lines[0].start, lines[0].end, filename, "square"); }
+
+ //Wait until all threads have terminated.
+ WaitForMultipleObjects(processors-1, hThreadArray, TRUE, INFINITE);
+
+ //Close all thread handles and free memory allocations.
+ for(int i=0; i < pDataArray.size(); i++){
+ CloseHandle(hThreadArray[i]);
+ delete pDataArray[i];
+ }
+#endif