Re: [Algorithms] Can I do this?

[Michael S. H. <mic...@ud...>]

This should really be on a design list, but the short answer to your question is that any program that does this is going to be un-installed so fast, it's little pointy head will spin.

As far as I'm concerned, no program has permission to shut down any other program *for me*.

On the other hand, a program which will go to the effort to figure out what other program is hogging resources and *recommend* that I shut it down would be welcome as long as I can tell the complaining program to shut up.

At 08:02 PM 7/25/00, you wrote:
>I'll save you guys the lengthy situation introduction (my situation
>introductions tend to end up being very logn, but it is available on request
>though...) and get right down to the point:
>
>Can I have my application request a few applications to shut down if my
>resources are below a certain level? (I.e. my application is running on a
>machine with 64 Megs-o-RAM, but since the user has also running, say, 3D
>Studio MAX in the background, nearly 90% of system's resources are already
>used and locked away - trust me these things happen and if you have a little
>bad luck will even completely trash the system, even if all running
>applications are essentially stable) I stress the 'request' bit, as in
>sending some applications (.exe files only) the same window message Windows
>uses when you choose to switch off your computer, there is no way an
>application could get away with just 'killing' other applications.
>
>Is this a reasonable solution, or I am just being selfish?
>
>(I know that I can always use a popup to warn the user that resources are
>low, but I figured it would be nice behaviour if the application assists the
>user in freeing up the necessary resources...)
>
>Jim Offerman
>
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