Creating a window in another thread (not the main thread)

Question

I have a function:

HWND createMainWindow(P2p_Socket_Machine * toSend){

    HWND hMainWnd = CreateWindow( 
        L"Class",/*(LPCWSTR) nameOfConference.c_str()*/L"Chat",  WS_OVERLAPPED | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_SYSMENU, 
    CW_USEDEFAULT, 0, 600,400, 
    (HWND)NULL, (HMENU)NULL, 
    /*(HINSTANCE)hlnstance*/NULL, NULL 
    ); 

    if (!hMainWnd) { 
        MessageBox(NULL, L"Cannot create main window", L"Error", MB_OK); 
        return 0; 
    }

    CreateWindowA("LISTBOX",NULL, WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|WS_BORDER|WS_VSCROLL|LBS_NOTIFY|LBS_MULTIPLESEL,310,30,255,275,hMainWnd,(HMENU)List_Box,NULL,NULL);

    CreateWindowExA(NULL,"BUTTON", "Refresh", WS_TABSTOP|WS_VISIBLE|WS_CHILD|BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON,385,310,100,24,hMainWnd,(HMENU)Button_Refresh, NULL ,NULL);

    CreateWindowExA(NULL,"BUTTON", "Send", WS_TABSTOP|WS_VISIBLE|WS_CHILD|BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON,385,334,100,24,hMainWnd,(HMENU)Button_Send, NULL ,NULL);

    CreateWindowExA(NULL,"BUTTON", "New", WS_TABSTOP|WS_VISIBLE|WS_CHILD|BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON,385,354,100,24,hMainWnd,(HMENU)Button_New, NULL ,NULL);

    CreateWindowA("EDIT",0,WS_BORDER|WS_VISIBLE|WS_CHILD|ES_LEFT|ES_MULTILINE|WS_VSCROLL|WS_DISABLED,
    10,30,265,275,hMainWnd,(HMENU)Text_Box_Get,NULL,NULL);

    CreateWindowA("EDIT",0,WS_BORDER|WS_VISIBLE|WS_CHILD|ES_LEFT|ES_MULTILINE|WS_VSCROLL,
    10,320,265,45,hMainWnd,(HMENU)Text_Box_Send,NULL,NULL);

    SetWindowLongPtr(hMainWnd,GWLP_USERDATA,(LONG_PTR)toSend);

    ShowWindow(hMainWnd, SW_SHOW); 
    //UpdateWindow(hMainWnd);

    return hMainWnd;

}

And this is the main part of my program:

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hlnstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR IpCmdLine, int 
nCmdShow) 
{
WNDCLASSEX wc; 
    wc.cbSize = sizeof(wc); 
    wc.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW; 
    wc.lpfnWndProc = MyFunc; 
    wc.cbClsExtra = 0; 
    wc.cbWndExtra = 0; 
    wc.hInstance = hlnstance; 
    wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION); 
    wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW); 
    wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);
    wc.lpszMenuName = NULL; 
    wc.lpszClassName = L"Class"; 
    wc.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
HWND toSend = createMainWindow(P2pSocket);

//some code

hThread = CreateThread(NULL, 0, ClientThread, 
            Message2, 0, &dwThreadId);

        if (hThread == NULL)
        {
            cout<<"Create thread filed";
            exit(10);
        }


    while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0)) { 

        TranslateMessage(&msg); 
        DispatchMessage(&msg);

    }

    return msg.wParam;   

When I call the createMainWindow () function in the main part of my program, it works as it should, but when I run it in my thread (ClientThread) it does not work. I read that I should only create windows in the main thread. It's true? And if this is true, what is the easiest way to call this function from another hell that needs to be done in the main thread?

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Thanks to everyone. Now I know the problem, but I am stuck in the solution. My client stream code:

while(1){

    vector<HWND> AllHandlers;

    pair<string,string> Answer = Pointer->receiveMsgByUdp();

    if(!Pointer->isMyLocalAddress(Answer.first)){

        int type = messageUdpContentType(Answer.second);

        switch(type){

        case 0 :

            Pointer->sendMsgToIpUdp(Answer.first,"<?xml version='1.0'?><accepted/>");
            AllHandlers = getAllHandlersOfElementsOnWindowsByIdentityCode(Pointer->getAllHandlers(),List_Box);
            for(vector<HWND>::iterator j = AllHandlers.begin();j!=AllHandlers.end();j++)
                if(SendMessageA(*j, LB_FINDSTRINGEXACT, 0, (LPARAM)Answer.first.c_str())==LB_ERR)
                    SendMessageA(*j, LB_ADDSTRING, 0, (LPARAM)Answer.first.c_str());

            break;

        case 1 :
            AllHandlers = getAllHandlersOfElementsOnWindowsByIdentityCode(Pointer->getAllHandlers(),List_Box);
            for(vector<HWND>::iterator j = AllHandlers.begin();j!=AllHandlers.end();j++)
                if(SendMessageA(*j, LB_FINDSTRINGEXACT, 0, (LPARAM)Answer.first.c_str())==LB_ERR)
                    SendMessageA(*j, LB_ADDSTRING, 0, (LPARAM)Answer.first.c_str());

            break;

        case 2 :
            AllHandlers = getAllHandlersOfElementsOnWindowsByIdentityCode(Pointer->getAllHandlers(),List_Box);
            for(vector<HWND>::iterator j = AllHandlers.begin();j!=AllHandlers.end();j++)
                if((i = SendMessageA(*j, LB_FINDSTRINGEXACT, 0, (LPARAM)Answer.first.c_str()))!=LB_ERR)
                    SendMessageA(*j,LB_DELETESTRING, 0, (LPARAM)Answer.first.c_str());

            break;

        case 3 :

            userReply = MessageBoxW(NULL, L"   ?",
                    L"", MB_YESNO | MB_ICONQUESTION); 
            if (userReply==IDYES){

                //todo:    ,    
                string nameOfConf = fetchNameOfInviteConf(Answer.second);
                Pointer->createConference(nameOfConf);
                HWND toSendTo = createMainWindow(Pointer);
                Pointer->setHandlerInfo(nameOfConf,toSendTo);               
                Pointer->addNewMemberToConference_ServerType(nameOfConf,Answer.first);
                string toSend = string("<?xml version='1.0'?><inviteAccepted>") + nameOfConf + string("</inviteAccepted>");
                Pointer->sendMsgToIpUdp(Answer.first,toSend);

            }
            break;

        case 4 :

            string nameOfConf = fetchNameOfInviteAcceptConf(Answer.second);

            toSend.clear();
            Participants.clear();
            Participants = Pointer->getCurrentParticipants(nameOfConf);
            toSend+="<?xml version='1.0'?>";
            toSend+="<conference>";
            toSend+="<nameOfConference>";
            toSend+=nameOfConf;
            toSend+="</nameOfConference>";
            for(vector<string>::iterator i = Participants.begin();i!=Participants.end();i++){
                toSend+="<participant>" + *i + "</participant>";
            }
            toSend+="</conference>";



            Pointer->addNewMemberToConference_ClientType(nameOfConf,Answer.first);

            Pointer->sendToIpTcp(Answer.first,toSend);

            break;

    }

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