Source example 17

type
  TPrimeFrm = class(TForm)
    { No change here until public declarations }
  public
    { Public declarations }
    StringSemaphore: THandle; { Now a semaphore instead of a critical section }
    property StringBuf: TStringList read FStringBuf write FStringBuf;
  end;

procedure TPrimeFrm.StartBtnClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
  if not FStringSectInit then
  begin
    StringSemaphore := CreateSemaphore(nil, 1, 1, SemName); { Now creating a semaphore instead of a critical section }
    FStringBuf := TStringList.Create;
    FStringSectInit := true;
    FPrimeThread := TPrimeThrd2.Create(true);
    SetThreadPriority(FPrimeThread.Handle, THREAD_PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL);
    try
      FPrimeThread.StartNum := StrToInt(StartNumEdit.Text);
    except
      on EConvertError do FPrimeThread.StartNum := 2;
    end;
    FPrimeThread.Resume;
  end;
  UpdateButtons;
end;

procedure TPrimeFrm.StopBtnClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
  if FStringSectInit then
  begin
    with FPrimeThread do
    begin
      Terminate;
      WaitFor;
      Free;
    end;
    FPrimeThread := nil;
    FStringBuf.Free;
    FStringBuf := nil;
    CloseHandle(StringSemaphore); { Deleting semaphore }
    FStringSectInit := false;
  end;
  UpdateButtons;
end;

procedure TPrimeFrm.HandleNewData(var Message: TMessage);
begin
  if FStringSectInit then {Not necessarily the case!}
  begin
    WaitForSingleObject(StringSemaphore, INFINITE); { New wait call }
    ResultMemo.Lines.Add(FStringBuf.Strings[0]);
    FStringBuf.Delete(0);
    ReleaseSemaphore(StringSemaphore, 1, nil); { New release call }
    {Now trim the Result Memo.}
    if ResultMemo.Lines.Count > MaxMemoLines then
      ResultMemo.Lines.Delete(0);
  end;
end;

procedure TPrimeThrd2.Execute;

var
  CurrentNum: integer;

begin
  CurrentNum := FStartNum;
  while not Terminated do
  begin
    if IsPrime(CurrentNum) then
    begin
      WaitForSingleObject(PrimeFrm.StringSemaphore, INFINITE); { New wait call }
      PrimeFrm.StringBuf.Add(IntToStr(CurrentNum) + ' is prime.');
      ReleaseSemaphore(PrimeFrm.StringSemaphore, 1, nil); { New release call }
      PostMessage(PrimeFrm.Handle, WM_DATA_IN_BUF, 0, 0);
    end;
    Inc(CurrentNum);
  end;
end;