据说 Event(事件对象) 是多线程最原始的同步手段, 我觉得它是最灵活的一个.

  Event 对象(的句柄表)中主要有两个布尔变量, 从它的建立函数中可以看得清楚:

function CreateEvent(
 lpEventAttributes: PSecurityAttributes; {安全设置}
 bManualReset: BOOL;           {第一个布尔}
 bInitialState: BOOL;          {第二个布尔}
 lpName: PWideChar            {对象名称}
): THandle; stdcall;           {返回对象句柄}
//第一个布尔为 False 时, 事件对象控制一次后将立即重置(暂停); 为 True 时可手动暂停.
//第二个布尔为 False 时, 对象建立后控制为暂停状态; True 是可运行状态.

  和其他同类相比, 它的灵活性在于可随时 "启动运行"(SetEvent) 和 "暂停运行"(ResetEvent);

  甚至还有个 PulseEvent 函数, 能控制执行一次后立即暂停, 很是方便.

  本例效果图:

  代码文件:unit Unit1;
interface
uses
 Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
 Dialogs, StdCtrls;
type
 TForm1 = class(TForm)
  Button1: TButton;
  Button2: TButton;
  Button3: TButton;
  Button4: TButton;
  Button5: TButton;
  procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
  procedure FormDestroy(Sender: TObject);
  procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
  procedure Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
  procedure Button3Click(Sender: TObject);
  procedure Button4Click(Sender: TObject);
  procedure Button5Click(Sender: TObject);
 end;
var
 Form1: TForm1;
implementation
{$R *.dfm}
var
 f: Integer;   {用这个变量协调一下各线程输出的位置}
 hEvent: THandle; {事件对象的句柄}
function MyThreadFun(p: Pointer): DWORD; stdcall;
var
 i,y: Integer;
begin
 Inc(f);
 y := 20 * f;
 for i := 0 to 200000 do
 begin
  if WaitForSingleObject(hEvent, INFINITE) = WAIT_OBJECT_0 then
  begin
   Form1.Canvas.Lock;
   Form1.Canvas.TextOut(20, y, IntToStr(i));
   Form1.Canvas.Unlock;
  end;
 end;
 Result := 0;
end;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
 Repaint; f := 0;
 CloseHandle(hEvent); {如果已经创建过}
 hEvent := CreateEvent(nil, True, True, nil);
end;
{创建线程}
procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
var
 ThreadID: DWORD;
begin
 CreateThread(nil, 0, @MyThreadFun, nil, 0, ThreadID);
end;
{暂停}
procedure TForm1.Button3Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
 ResetEvent(hEvent);
end;
{启动}
procedure TForm1.Button4Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
 SetEvent(hEvent);
end;
{启动后执行一次立即暂停}
procedure TForm1.Button5Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
 PulseEvent(hEvent);
end;
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
 Button1.Caption := '创建 Event 对象';
 Button2.Caption := '创建线程';
 Button3.Caption := 'ResetEvent';
 Button4.Caption := 'SetEvent';
 Button5.Caption := 'PulseEvent';
end;
procedure TForm1.FormDestroy(Sender: TObject);
begin
 CloseHandle(hEvent);
end;
end.

和前面一样, 再用 SyncObjs 单元下的 TEvent 类实现一次; 不过它没有实现类似 PulseEvent 的功能:unit Unit1;
interface
uses
 Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Variants, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
 Dialogs, StdCtrls;
type
 TForm1 = class(TForm)
  Button1: TButton;
  Button2: TButton;
  Button3: TButton;
  Button4: TButton;
  Button5: TButton;
  procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
  procedure FormDestroy(Sender: TObject);
  procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
  procedure Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
  procedure Button3Click(Sender: TObject);
  procedure Button4Click(Sender: TObject);
  procedure Button5Click(Sender: TObject);
 end;
var
 Form1: TForm1;
implementation
{$R *.dfm}
uses SyncObjs;
var
 f: Integer;
 MyEvent: TEvent;
function MyThreadFun(p: Pointer): DWORD; stdcall;
var
 i,y: Integer;
begin
 Inc(f);
 y := 20 * f;
 for i := 0 to 200000 do
 begin
  if MyEvent.WaitFor(INFINITE) = wrSignaled then
  begin
   Form1.Canvas.Lock;
   Form1.Canvas.TextOut(20, y, IntToStr(i));
   Form1.Canvas.Unlock;
  end;
 end;
 Result := 0;
end;
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
 Repaint; f := 0;
 if Assigned(MyEvent) then MyEvent.Free;
 MyEvent := TEvent.Create(nil, True, True, '');
end;
{创建线程}
procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
var
 ThreadID: DWORD;
begin
 CreateThread(nil, 0, @MyThreadFun, nil, 0, ThreadID);
end;
{暂停}
procedure TForm1.Button3Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
 MyEvent.ResetEvent;
end;
{启动}
procedure TForm1.Button4Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
 MyEvent.SetEvent;
end;
{启动后执行一次立即暂停}
procedure TForm1.Button5Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
 ShowMessage('TEvent 类没有提供这个功能'); {我试过用 PulseEvent(MyEvent.Handle) 也不行}
end;
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
 Button1.Caption := '创建 Event 对象';
 Button2.Caption := '创建线程';
 Button3.Caption := 'ResetEvent';
 Button4.Caption := 'SetEvent';
 Button5.Caption := 'PulseEvent';
end;
procedure TForm1.FormDestroy(Sender: TObject);
begin
 MyEvent.Free;
end;
end.