[Dynapi-Dev] a couple of tools

[Doug Melvin]

I have found the following tools to be indeispensible when working with (and debuggin) DynAPI   (WIN32 - sorry)   1) FreeMemPro http://www.downloads.3bsoftware.com/Downloads/freemem/freemem.html       This is a ram 'defragmenter' for Window 32.. the way it works is it allocates as much ram from windows as it can, which forces windows to swap unused data from physical ram to swap space. Then it releases this ram using proper memory management resulting in more free ram. It will keep doing this until it gets as close to the specified amount of free ram as it can.   On my Win98 system which has 128 megs of ram, I ask it to free up 128 ,egs and it gives me 80 to 100 megs free ram.. Which is damned handy when one has been re-loading the same DynAPI app over and over again..   It's not a cure for memory leaks but it make development much easier, and reduces crashes/reboots.   2) Taskinfo http://www.iarsn.com/download.html     This program is for Window 9X and closly resembles the Task manager in Windows 2000, with a little extra functionality.   You can find out how much ram and CPU time each process is using, what files the process has open and much more.   In fact it was because of my constant observation of running processes that I discovered last week that I had caught a trojan.. :-) " what in the hell is this Wininit.exe?!? and hey! I've never seen DNETC.exe before.. "   Just a couple of tools to hopefully make your life easier..   Later Doug   --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free by AVG Free Edition http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.cfm Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.230 / Virus Database: 111 - Release Date: 1/25/01