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 Purpose  | 
 Return a Long-integer thread identifier of the current thread.  | 
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 Syntax  | 
 thrdID& = THREADID  | 
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 Remarks  | 
 The thread ID value is returned for the thread that is currently executing. The Thread ID is intended for use with the various (advanced) thread-related API functions provided by Windows.  | 
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 Restrictions  | 
 The thread ID value cannot be used interchangeably with the thread handle returned by THREAD CREATE.  | 
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 See also  | 
 FUNCTION/END FUNCTION, THREAD CLOSE, THREAD CREATE, THREAD RESUME, THREAD STATUS, THREAD SUSPEND, THREADED variables  |