I also was bitten recently by a FILES setting that was too low - relied on the
RBASE.INI/CFG instead of putting it in the startup command file. What's the suggested
donation for this DUH?
Frank Radice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Look at any EEP's that you have in the form. Try using the ISTAT('MEMORY')
>function (in the EEP or after exiting the form) to report memory info to
>help pinpoint a problem EEP or form. See if the memory values change each
>time the EEP is executed or the form is used. The memory related ISTAT
>parameters work in RB6.5++ (DOS) but don't return meaningful results (or
>sometimes crashes) under RB6.5++ (WIN).
>
>You can also check periodically for the value of 'memory' and if it gets too
>low, release memory as shown in the following example:
>
>IF (ISTAT('MEMORY')) < 10000000 THEN
> ZIP RETURN yourcomspec /C EXIT
>ENDI
>
>Thus, you don't need to discover exactly what is draining the memory because
>you can "fix" it with code similar to the above.
>
>Frank Radice
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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>I run into the same problem with RBase and Win2k (as do many others on the
>list). What happens here is that RBase eats up memory until the computer
>hangs/crashes. I've noticed the problem to be much worse on a Celeron
>processor machine, but have no insight as to why that would be. I don't
>have any help to offer you other than sympathy in that I feel your pain.
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>>
>> I seem to be experiencing an inordinate number of crashes in RBase. It all
>> seems to revolve around forms, I use them extensively as menus,
>> entry forms,
>> in eeps, etc.. I can have a form run 30 times in a row with no problem and
>> then crash the next 30.. I have tried removing BLOBs, moving look up
>> variables to the command file calling the form, closing the form menu and
>> using switch/case, etc. etc.
>>
>> I am running RBW 6.5++ on Windows 2000 Professional, SP2..
>>
>> I have a nice drwatson log to look at, but it means nothing to me..
>>
>> I even tried running on a different machine - no difference.
>>
>
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