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Visual FoxPro
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>>>>Buying additional memory would be nice, but for 200 users, maybe not quite so cost effective if there is another way.... I don't know too much about how Windows 95 and Visual FoxPro handle memory, but the users have virtual memory set to let Windows 95 handle it automatically. I would assume that as long as they have enough hard drive space, they wouldn't run out.... but they still get that message with 500 MB of hard drive space free. Apparently that isn't the memory they are running out of.
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>>>It may be something like GDI memory. Take a look in the System Info with all the apps open to see what the % used is like for memory, that could give a clue...
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>>This information is helpful, but even if the % was low, I would need to do something about it (which I have been trying to do already). So back to my original question... Am I saving memory with multiple forms open instead of multiple EXE files?
>I would think you do because my guess is that Windows only loads into memory one EXE rather than numerous EXEs. Although Windows loads into memory only one VFP runtime .DLL I would think it still has to load into memory numerous VFP EXEs if you run them simultaneously. Have you tried running this "consolidated" one EXE and do you still get memory problems? I'm interested because my users have to run 2 or 3 separate VFP apps in the near future.

I am still in the testing stage of the "consolidated" exe, but will be done soon. It works great on my development machine, but I have much more RAM than most of my users. I did read in Microsoft TechNet that windows, controls, etc. use virtual memory.... that is good for me because virtual memory is only limited to hard drive space.
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