[wxPython-users] Can you limit CPU resources for the running app ?

[Christopher Barker]

Geoff Skerrett wrote:
> I have a wx app that does some image processing. Occasionally a user 
> will select a large number of images (100+) and it can take 30-40mins to 
> complete the process.  All of the users are WindowsXP.

This is an XP problem -- if one app can bring the system to a halt, then 
the OS isn't handling that well. I don't know Windows well, but there 
probably is a way to change how many resources a given app can use -- 
it's a system thing, though, not a wx thing. ON Linux, you'd look for 
"nice" and "ulimit".

XP isn't that bad usually, though, so I suspect that maybe your issue 
here is memory use, not CPU use. Perhaps you could re-structure the app 
somewhat to reduce memory use?

> I have little experience with threading, but was wondering if this would 
> solve the problem.

nope. threading is a way to divide work in one process -- you're dealing 
with conflicts between processes here -- the OS needs to deal with that.

Have you looked to see how much memory and CPU your app is using? that 
should give you a hint as to where to focus your efforts.

-CHB


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