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- From: pk64380@kaarne.cs.tut.fi (Kuusisto Pasi Petri,,,SIG,64380)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Subject: Re: WHAT THE FUCK!?: Memory: 8,742KB Free, System Resources: 0% Free
- Date: 11 Jan 1993 11:22:01 GMT
- Organization: Technical University of Tampere, Dep. of Computer Science ,Finland
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- Originator: pk64380@kaarne.cs.tut.fi
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- From article <C0KF1y.Eqz@newsserver.technet.sg>, by ipser@solomon.technet.sg (Ed Ipser):
- >
- > Well, I've narrowed it down. I'm NOT running out of memory, my memory
- > requirements are in fact quite modest. I'm running out of "system resources".
- > Just what are these system resources that I'm exhausting?
- >
- > It is not the case that I have a bunch of icons, pens, brushes or what
- > have you. I have only a handful of each and I always deallocate them when
- > done. That is not the problem.
- >
- > I DO have a number of windows proportional to the size of the document. In
- > the current case, something like 650 windows. Larger documents would require
- > still more windows and the current test is rather modest in size and
- > complexity compared to what I envision the user doing.
-
- <some stuff deleted>
-
- > So, can anybody tell me how to allocate more system resources? I've got
- > plenty of memory, available disk space, etc. Speed of execution does not
- > seem to be a problem. My application runs just as fast for 650+ windows
- > as it does for 10 windows.
- >
- > Or is there some inherent stinginess to the MS Windows system that it won't
- > allow me to have so many windows regardless of how much memory and disk
- > space I have?
-
- You got it! There is! 650+ windows will definitely eat it up. Sorry ...
-
- > Help me, please!
-
- Tough luck, you lose ...
-
- -zi
-