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Memory leak
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01/02/1999 10:39:38
 
 
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01/02/1999 10:14:37
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Troubleshooting
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00182441
Message ID:
00182460
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12
>Hi all,
>
>Looks like I have a memory leak somewhere. This one is proving an iron-clad b*st*rd to find.
>
>I heard some time ago, on this forum, I think, that dispite the paucity of memory management tools in VFP, it is possible to clean up memory by generating and trapping an error.
>
>Is this true? Or is there a more deliberate way of managing memory?

Generating an error and returning will allow VFP to do some garbage collection, but it really won't track down the cause of a real leak - one where the memory goes down a black hole, and doesn't return when the program terminates. If you've gotr that kind of a problem, get a copy of Purify.

>
>Any insight would be appreciated.
>
>regards,
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