RE: [Algorithms] Can I do this?

[Steve W. <Ste...@im...>]

> From: Jim Offerman [mailto:j.o...@in...]
> 
> (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...)
> 

Your approach is commendable...please be sure to send your idea to the
microsoft wish list...I think it's wi...@mi... or something like
that.  An algorithmic answer to your question might be that you're doing the
right thing by not causing that gray "out of resources" dialog box to pop
up.  I've never found that dialog box to go away no matter if I close down
every little process running except for kernel and winexplorer...so avoiding
it would be the best algorithm...however, checking for it would slow your
app down.

R&R