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"mk" <mkreuter@kmccontrols.com> wrote in message 
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> "Dennis Jones" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>"mk" <mkreuter@kmccontrols.com> wrote in message
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>>> How to set an application's priority level?
>>
>>See:
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>>SetPriorityClass and SetThreadPriority.
>>
>>- Dennis
>>
>>
>
> This code does not error out but Task Manager does not show the priority 
> as high ....
>
> if ( !SetThreadPriority( GetCurrentThread(),    THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST ))
> {
>   result = GetLastError();
>   sprintf( buffer, "Error [%d]", result );
>   Application->MessageBox( buffer, APP_TITLE, MB_OK );
> }

That's because the Task Manager shows the application's priority class, not 
thread priority.


> if I use Application->Handle, it errors out and reports a bad handle ...

That's because SetThreadPriority taks a thread handle, not an application 
handle.  SetPriorityClass is the one that takes an application handle.

- Dennis