>I'm using the ChilKat HTTP ActiveX control to push image files to Amazon S3. One of the options on the control is to use a background thread.
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>The method that calls the ActiveX control doesn't wait around for the background thread to finish (would defeat the purpose). What happens, memory-wise in VFP in this scenario?
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>Do I have to worry about memory leaks?

As I nearly always worry about leaks, I'd probably use a separate process ;-))