process priority

[rthorntn]

hi

has anyone seen an application for ppc2002 that allows you to change the base priority of running processes?

cheers
richard

[thefo]

Give this a try...not sure if you can change the base priority though or just view it.....I'll have to try it and see.

http://www.phm.lu/Products/PocketPC/taskmgr.asp

[thefo]

Here's another one (which I just found so I haven't tried yet)
EmProcess

[rthorntn]

thanks for the info phm task manager allows you to view the priorities but not change them :(

[thefo]

Looking at the specs for EMProcess I don't think it allows you to change process priorty either.....it would be cool to start a background app with low priorty like you can in NT/2000/XP. :(

[rthorntn]

doesn't look hard there is a SetThreadPriority method in PPC 2002 that allows you to do it when your coding an app, wonder if pocketMVP uses it? I am no expert, anyone?

[thefo]

I think I found a way to launch a new app at Low priority...you'll have to download and install PocketConsole which is free and CMD which is the command shell. I used this syntax \>start calc.exe /low....I will send you a screen shot.

[rthorntn]

excellent can you set it to high also? can you check the priority using phm task manager?

[rthorntn]

dont think cmd does it looks like it just passes /high to the application as an arguement when i did start calc.exe /low the priority was still normal in pmf task manager :(

[thefo]

Doh....it seems to ignore the /low /high switch. Sorry for the false report. There must be a way to execute an app at a different priority, or at least change it.....Gotta go for now..it's 1:10 am where I live :rolling: I'll keep working on this tomorow.

Heath

[rthorntn]

looks like we have had it this is from a ms document on MSDN called MS Win CE 3.0 Kernel Services: Multiprocessing and Thread Handling...

Priority Levels
Thread priorities are fixed and do not change, CE does not boost foreground thread priorities

oh well maybe in 2003?

[thefo]

Thanks for the update...as you say, hopefully in 2003.