Hi!

Try to use the sys(1104) function (undocumented), maybe it can free some memory from unused pictures.

It is better to release form and then create it again, indeed.

>Hello all,
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>I am working with someone who places anywhere from 10-700 bitmaps on a form.
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>The form doesn't get released but hidden to navigate to other parts of the program. Sometimes when the form is redisplayed with a different set of bitmaps some of the bitmaps just show the place holder.
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>How does the display of bitmaps effect the resources of a machine. I know about GDI, but would showing only the place holders for the bitmaps indicate low resources.
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>Thanks,
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>-Greg