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Function name : GetThreadPriority

Group: Process and Thread - Library: kernel32

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

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Code examples:

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

Declaration:

int GetThreadPriority(
  HANDLE hThread   // handle to thread
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetThreadPriority IN kernel32;
	INTEGER hThread  

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Parameters:

hThread [in] Handle to the thread.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is the thread"s priority level. If the function fails, the return value is THREAD_PRIORITY_ERROR_RETURN = MAXLONG = 0x7FFFFFFF.

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