>I think you misread the number: It is not 1600, but grows to more than 16000 KB (16 meg) and keeps growing as I hit on it.
>My feeling is that the problem lies with either:
>- the version of foxisapi.dll i am using.
>- using the correct configuration (multi use vs. single use) for the ole server classes.
>- keeping the same data environment open (tables and databases) at all times when the process myapp.exe is still alive in memory.
>

No, this is a VFP behavior - if it can glom memory, it does, unless you put limits on its appetite for buffer space. SYS(3050) can limit this, and allows you to set distinct values for foreground and background operation. I'd make plans to let it allocate at least a couple of meg per instance in the background, and more than that in the foreground; something like:

=SYS(3050,1,4000000) && 4 meg of buffer space in foreground
=SYS(3050,2,2000000) && 2 meg in background

VFP will allocate maybe an addition 1MB for things other than buffer and workspace. I'd increase the values if only one instance is going to be running at any time and you can spare the space, but I probably wouldn't use a value larger than the physical memory installed in the system.

>but I am not sure. help.