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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!
-