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Memory Watcher is a programmer utility. It shows DS memory information
while a program is executing. No longer do you have to make an educated
guess as to how much stack to allocate for your Windows program. Memory
Watcher will show you how much you have allocated and how much is really
being used. Memory Watcher will also give a detailed breakdown of memory
usage in the DS.
Installing Memory Watcher:
Simply copy the file MEMWATCH.EXE to any location on your hard disk drive.
Memory Watcher does not use any external files, so it does not matter where
it is installed. It may be run from floppy diskette.
Credits:
Memory Watcher was originally inspired by HeapPeep, a utility by Chiverton
Graphics, Inc. Their function dss_walk() was used almost as is in Memory
Watcher. My complaint about HeapPeek was that it was very pretty, with nice
graphics and fancy displays. The problem was it liked to run almost full
screen. If you made the window smaller, the fonts used to tell you what
was going on became so small they were unreadable. I don't use HeapPeek
because of this. Memory Watcher gives the same information, but no graphs.
It also has an "Always On Top" feature which allows you keep Memory Watcher
on top of other windows while it is running.
Using Memory Watcher:
Simple. Just start it and click on any other window. The active window will
be "watched" and it will be this programs (yours usually) whose memory
usage will be displayed. If you want you can choose to have Memory Watcher
always on top of other windows. If you are running this program in the first
place, it is probably because of stack or General Protection errors. Since
this is as good a time as any to exit and/or restart Windows, these options
are also available from the system menu.
Memory Watcher is free. MFC Source code is included. It is not copyright and
you may distribute it freely. Memory Watcher is written in C++ using the
Microsoft Foundation Class Library. Happing coding!!
PS: Please let me know what you think! <Suggestions> <Complaints> <Threats>
Todd Osborne
Author
CIS ID: 71431,2243
**** VERSION 1.1 RELEASE 1/13/94 ****
I included the MFC source code with the standard upload. Please feel free
to look at this code and/or update MemWatch as you deem necessary. But please,
do NOT upload a modified version to CIS or any other media. It would be
impossible for me to keep track of 800 different versions. If you have an
idea, or code you wrote to modify MemWatch, please let me know. I will
integrate your code and give you credit. Thanks!
The only thing that was changed from version 1.0 to 1.1 is the addition of
user configurable timing. The default timing for 1.0 was 1/2 second and
could not be changed. In version 1.1 the default is 1/10 of a second and
can be changed from the system pull down menu. Enjoy!