Classes.TThreadPriority Enumeration

TThreadPriority indicates the scheduling priority of a thread object on Windows.

Pascal

TThreadPriority = (
  tpIdle,
  tpLowest,
  tpLower,
  tpNormal,
  tpHigher,
  tpHighest,
  tpTimeCritical
);

C++

enum TThreadPriority {
  tpIdle,
  tpLowest,
  tpLower,
  tpNormal,
  tpHigher,
  tpHighest,
  tpTimeCritical
};

Classes

The following are possible values of TThreadPriority:

Values	Meaning
tpIdle	The thread executes only when the system is idle. The system will not interrupt other threads to execute a thread with tpIdle priority.
tpLowest	The thread's priority is two points below normal.
tpLower	The thread's priority is one point below normal.
tpNormal	The thread has normal priority.
tpHigher	The thread's priority is one point above normal.
tpHighest	The thread's priority is two points above normal.
tpTimeCritical	The thread gets highest priority.