Hi Scott,

>After running several hits to the server, it still went up to the 25MB - 30MB range (in the Task Manager). I put a DEBUGOUT() to show the SYS(3050,#) while processing each hit to verify my settings had not changed.

SYS(3050) only controls a memory block called the "page pool". It's basically the cache used for data operations. See KB article Q136694 for details.

VFP has several other memory blocks. For one, it has to reside somewhere in memory itself. Then, there's the "handle pool" memory. This keeps all the variables, form, menus, popups, etc. The "handle pool" is only limited by the virtual memory and cannot be limited in our programs. With SYS(1104) you can force a garbagge collection in the handle pool. And finally, there's the streaming output buffer. VFP keeps a bitmap of every form in memory. When it prints something to a form, it updates this bitmap and performs a bitblt operation to display it. This streaming buffer can get quite large. At 1280x1024 with true color, it's almost 4 MB for a maximized form.

Christof