It should be stressed that a moderately complex application in Delphi 5 still takes the same 3.6MB as the one form basis. Footprint in memory is not really a matter these days. So, why be concerned about it? However, please keep the ball rolling.
Regards, Luis B Barreto São Paulo, Brazil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:06 PM Subject: Delphi Apps Memory usage > Hello all, > > A Delphi application with only one form and nothing else takes > 6MB memory if it's compiled with Delphi 2005, or 3.6MB if compiled > with Delphi 5. That's very big for an application that does nothing. > However, if I minimize the window to task bar, the memory usage > drops to below 1MB. Then I activate the window again, the memory > usage goes up to 1.xMB but does not go up all the way to 6MB or 3.6MB. > This works quite mysteriously. > > A VB app that I use with skinned forms and does a lot of things > takes below 3MB memory. When it's minimized to tray icon, it takes > 600KB. > > So my question is, is there any way to reduce footprint in memory? > It feels strange that the real app in VB that needs the VB runtime > libraries takes less memory then an empty Delphi app. > > -- > Best regards, > Jack > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo E-mail Protegido Terra. > Scan engine: McAfee VirusScan / Atualizado em 10/08/2005 / Versão: 4.4.00/4555 > Proteja o seu e-mail Terra: http://mail.terra.com.br/ > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
