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

[Marc Tompkins]

To clarify - I'm not suggesting that either of those utilities is the
answer, but that their existence proves that what you want to do can be done
programmatically.

On Jan 16, 2008 5:18 PM, Marc Tompkins <marc.tompkins at gmail.com> wrote:

> I use a little utility from DonationCoder.com called Process Tamer - it
> watches for processes that are sucking up too much CPU time and lowers th=
eir
> priority (it also lets you exempt certain programs from being "tamed").
> Process Explorer - one of the excellent SysInternals utilities - also all=
ows
> you to adjust the priority of running processes.  So the capability is out
> there.  At least now you know that your search is a terminating one...
>
>
>
> On Jan 16, 2008 4:40 PM, Robin Dunn <robin at alldunn.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> > >
> > > Is there anyway to "restrict" the amount of cpu/resources that the
> > > application uses ?
> > > The users understand that it takes a specific amount of time, however,
> >
> > > they would like to use their workstation for other tasks.  Once
> > > launched our app consumes all the cpu resources so the workstation
> > > appears "Frozen".
> > >
> > > I have little experience with threading, but was wondering if this
> > would
> > > solve the problem.   I noticed in the python docs that the "threading"
> > > class says that is does not have support for priorities - which sound
> > > like what I am looking for, but unsure.
> > >
> > > Note that this is not a case of the the user complaining that the
> > app's
> > > GUI is unresponsive, but rather that the entire SYSTEM is
> > un-responsive.
> >
> > I know that there is a win32 API for limiting a process to just one CPU,
> >
> > so I expect that there are APIs for setting priority (like unix's nice()
> > function) but I don't know details.  Searching MSDN will probably turn
> > up something, and then you can probably use ctypes to call it.
> >
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