1. Limiting a Euphoria Program's CPU usage.
- Posted by timmy <tim781 at PACBELL.NET> Dec 20, 1999
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Hi! Thanks for your answers to my pixel question. I now have a terrible problem of my euphoria program hogging CPU time when it's running in the background. Anyone know a good way to limit its usage. I hope I can pause the program for 1 to 2 seconds at a time without using loops. thanks again.. timmy
2. Re: Limiting a Euphoria Program's CPU usage.
- Posted by Brian Broker <bkb at CNW.COM> Dec 20, 1999
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On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:56:22 -0800, timmy <tim781 at PACBELL.NET> wrote: >Hi! Thanks for your answers to my pixel question. I now have a terrible >problem of my euphoria program hogging CPU time when it's running >in the background. Anyone know a good way to limit its usage. I hope >I can pause the program for 1 to 2 seconds at a time without using >loops. > >thanks again.. timmy Not knowing anything about your program, all I can do is throw some ideas your way. 1.) If you are running Windows NT, you can lower the priority with Task Manager. 2.) If your program has a delay routine that is just an empty loop, you might want to consider using a Windows timer. (You may not get the same speed as an empty delay loop but you will gain at least 90% of your CPU usage.) It might help if you posted your code, then we can see what's hogging the CPU. -- Brian
3. Re: Limiting a Euphoria Program's CPU usage.
- Posted by timmy <tim781 at PACBELL.NET> Dec 20, 1999
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Brian Broker wrote: > On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:56:22 -0800, timmy <tim781 at PACBELL.NET> wrote: > > >Hi! Thanks for your answers to my pixel question. I now have a terrible > >problem of my euphoria program hogging CPU time when it's running > >in the background. Anyone know a good way to limit its usage. I hope > >I can pause the program for 1 to 2 seconds at a time without using > >loops. > > > >thanks again.. timmy > > Not knowing anything about your program, all I can do is throw some ideas > your way. > > 1.) If you are running Windows NT, you can lower the priority with Task > Manager. > > 2.) If your program has a delay routine that is just an empty loop, you > might want to consider using a Windows timer. (You may not get the same > speed as an empty delay loop but you will gain at least 90% of your CPU > usage.) > > It might help if you posted your code, then we can see what's hogging the > CPU. > > -- Brian Hi One of the programs I'm working on is making skins for different windows programs. Everyone's getting tired of the same old look to netscape and ie. My program will let people choose different pictures and the program will display as much of their picture as possilble by taking a screen capture and then replacing the the 3-D button area colors and other areas with the corresponding pixels of their image. I've made a test program that worked ok but it could'nt adapt to any window that was open or its size. The first stage is going to be easy. the hard part is going to enable their background image to show up when they choose menu items. And I have to get it to work very well with older computers because web browsers already task the system. My biggest project is going to be an interactive movie that people walk, fly, drive through and web pages and emails will show up while their walking along the sea shore, or sitting on a park bench.etc.. this would be a simple project if everyone were bussinessmen or professionals just data mining but alot of poeple like to look at pictures and movies. and thinking of adding java capablities is a frieghtening thought. :) sincerely timmy. :)
4. Re: Limiting a Euphoria Program's CPU usage.
- Posted by Everett Williams <rett at GVTC.COM> Dec 21, 1999
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timmy wrote: >The hard part is going to enable their background image to show up >when they choose menu items. And I have to get it to work very well with >older computers because web browsers already task the system. My biggest >project is going to be an interactive movie that people walk, fly, drive >through >and web pages and emails will show up while their walking along the sea >shore, or sitting on a park bench.etc.. this would be a simple project if >everyone were bussinessmen or >professionals just data mining but alot of poeple like to look at pictures >and movies. >and thinking of adding java capablities is a frieghtening thought. :) > >sincerely timmy. :) Other than programming techniques provided by the senior members of this list, the best way to cut the total system load from a browser is to get Opera from www.opera.com The download is still slightly larger than 1 meg and it is as fast as greased lightning. It uses most Netscape plugins. It costs $39 but is worth every penny. You can try it for 30 working days for free. I'm not advertising. I use it and I love it. Everett L.(Rett) Williams rett at gvtc.com