Author: martin fierz
Date: 20:31:22 09/11/02
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On September 11, 2002 at 12:22:41, John Merlino wrote:
>On September 11, 2002 at 09:35:24, David Terry wrote:
>
>>If the system requirements are low is it possible to run this in the background?
>> I'd love to build the tables but I need my system for other tasks as well. I
>>know the tbgen that comes with fritz is a horrible resource hog and won't let me
>>do anything else.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Dave
>
>The system requirements are low, but the CPU usage is high, as would be
>expected. There won't be a RAM problem, because FEG doesn't use much at all. But
>you might have some trouble doing other CPU-intensive jobs simultaneously. If
>all you're talking about is word-processing or net surfing, then you shouldn't
>notice too much of a slowdown.
>
>jm
i just wondered if this was possible in a dos box so i tried. it takes
just two lines of code :-)
#include <windows.h>
main()
{
HANDLE hProcess;
hProcess = GetCurrentProcess();
SetPriorityClass(hProcess,IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS);
/* rest of your program here */
}
cheers
martin
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