[fpc-devel] thread priority (win32)

[ik]

It's been a while since I developed for Windows, so I do not know if
the following function is deprecated or not, or even will work on all
Windows versions:
SetPriorityClass

You can set the process priority at runtime as far as I remember
(please take a look at MSDN for better information :)).

Ido

On 4/4/06, Пётр Косаревский <ppkk at mail.ru> wrote:
> > The Windows Kernel works in a priority level of program execution
> > (main process) and sub processes (child process).
> > Each priority tells Windows what queue to place the processes.
> > If your parent process is "Norma" then the child process does not have
> > effect except that it's priority on executing will be higher when
> > executing the parent process.
> > If I understand your question, I hope that will answer it.
> > Ido
>
> Thank you.
>
> Do you know, what can I do
>
> either start thread (through some hack?) with other priority
>
> or change the priority of the main application (by FPC? or should I use WinAPI "directly"?)
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