RE: Solving Memory Problems on Windoze

["Richard Combs" <richard.combs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan Emory wrote:
 
> At 12:58 PM 4/1/03 -0700, Richard Combs wrote:
> 
> >One thing I have noticed is that FM doesn't release memory 
> used for docs
> >when you close them. IOW, the amount of physical memory in 
> use doesn't
> >go down when I close all open docs in FM. But, when I close FM, the
> >memory in use returns to what it was before I opened FM, so Win2k
> >recovers all the memory used by the application.
> 
> That's why it's still a good idea, even on Win 2000 or XP, to 
> use something 
> like Free Mem to de-allocate memory each time you close a 
> file, before 
> opening another file.

I see what you're saying; you did mention working with "very large
FrameMaker files," didn't you? For me, that's not really an issue. My
books are usually no more than 5-10MB (not including referenced
graphics). I routinely open all the files in the book I'm working on;
sometimes, all the files in two or three books. Yet, even with several
other major apps running, I rarely have less than 200MB free physical
memory (out of 512). Lucky me. :-)

With much, much larger files, your suggestion will certainly help. But,
I stand by my advice to upgrade to Win2k or WinXP Pro if at all
possible. Much more stable. 

OTOH, there's Dave Barry's contrary opinion: "Calling Windows XP 'the
most reliable Windows ever' is like calling asparagus 'the most
articulate vegetable ever.'" ;-)

Richard


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Richard G. Combs
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Voyant Technologies, Inc.
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303-223-5111
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