I agree with that. You should keep your application data (data currently processed) in a record. When you want to hibernate your application just save that record to disk in a typed file.
Cosmin Prund wrote: > There's no way you can do that because you're not in control of anything > outside your application (ie: the operation system). You CAN save the > contents of your RAM but it would be worthless because it contains references > to operating-system allocated structures (file pointers, window handles, > what-not). Even if it didn't contain references to operating-system > structures re-loading the same content in RAM would be almost impossible > because you'd need to reload at the EXACT same location in memory: if you > don't do that pointers become invalid. > > You'll have to save the state of your application explicitly, using other > means. > > -- > Cosmin Prund > > >> -----Mesaj original----- >> De la: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] În >> numele Chris Stebbing >> Trimis: Friday, January 23, 2009 2:29 AM >> Ca(tre: Delphi List >> Subiect: Hibernating an application >> >> Hi All, >> >> is it possible (as in is there any software out there that would >> allow me to do this) to hibernate an application? >> >> When a laptop goes into hibernate mode it saves a memory snapshost >> and resumes with everything exactly where it was - I've done this >> with media player running and the songs resume exactly where it left >> off. >> >> I would like to take regular memory snapshots of my application and >> in the case of a power failure be able to resume my application >> exactly where it left off at the last snapshot. Does anyone know of >> anything that might allow me to do this? >> >> Cheers, >> Chris. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] >> http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi >> > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] > http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> [email protected] http://lists.elists.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/delphi
