function TThread.WaitFor: LongWord;
{$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
var
  H: array[0..1] of THandle;
  WaitResult: Cardinal;
  Msg: TMsg;
begin
  H[0] := FHandle;
  if GetCurrentThreadID = MainThreadID then
  begin
    WaitResult := 0;
    H[1] := SyncEvent;
    repeat
      { This prevents a potential deadlock if the background thread
        does a SendMessage to the foreground thread }
      if WaitResult = WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 2 then
        PeekMessage(Msg, 0, 0, 0, PM_NOREMOVE);
      WaitResult := MsgWaitForMultipleObjects(2, H, False, 1000, QS_SENDMESSAGE);
      CheckThreadError(WaitResult <> WAIT_FAILED);
      if WaitResult = WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1 then
        CheckSynchronize;
    until WaitResult = WAIT_OBJECT_0;
  end else WaitForSingleObject(H[0], INFINITE);
  CheckThreadError(GetExitCodeThread(H[0], Result));
end;