Hi Brad, Thanks for your info. I don't think I use much of the global. I used a new project with a form and a button, and nothing else.
Do you have any idea if future OS plans to allocate more than the current 256K for those with 4MB or more system memory? Anyway, thanks. garry "Brad Figler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:99780@;palm-dev-forum... > > > Your dynamic heap is limited to 256K w/ 4mb or more of system memory, of > which 64K is your global memory area. I assume that is why you can only > allocate about 217K at most, although, it seems that the number should be a > bit lower, unless you can use part of you global memory (I am not sure on > that point). > > I know you can use the file stream to create larger chunks of memory, but it > is in user storage, not in the dynamic heap. Other than that I don't know > of anyway around it, and I have never tried it, just read about it. > > Hope that helps, > > Brad > > > "Garry Chiang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:99774@;palm-dev-forum... > > > > Hi all, > > > > Just wondering if PalmOS can allocate more > > than 256K using new / MemPtrNew / MemHandleNew ? > > > > Or maybe if anyone knows of ways to go around this > > limitation. The most I managed to allocate using > > new / MemPtrNew / MemHandleNew is about > > 217K to 218K, assuming that memory is allocated > > at early stage of the program (not fragmented). > > > > In future OS such as version 5, any plans to allow > > allocation of more memory, perhaps comparable to > > PocketPC OS? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Garry > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now > > http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.410 / Virus Database: 231 - Release Date: 31/10/2002 -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
