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Function name : GetPriorityClass

Group: Process and Thread - Library: kernel32

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Retrieves the priority class for the specified process. This value, together with the priority value of each thread of the process, determines each thread"s base priority level.

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Code examples:

Retrieving the priority class for the current process
Reading and setting the priority class values for the current process and thread

Declaration:

DWORD GetPriorityClass(
  HANDLE hProcess   // handle to process
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetPriorityClass IN kernel32;
	INTEGER hProcess  

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Parameters:

hProcess [in] Handle to the process.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is the priority class of the specified process. If the function fails, the return value is zero.

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