Steven - the memory leak persistence is a chronic problem with W2K. We have added in
our menu loops a small command file that checks for the (ENVVAL('COMSPEC')), and if it
contains 'WINNT' we do a ZIP RETURN /C EXIT
to free up the memory. We add a pause 3 to tell the user why he/she is losing 3
seconds of their life. They don't like it, but the alternative is worse, so they
accept it.
Steven Hoggan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I apologise profusely in advance for losing my Rbase message archive, but I
>need help in setting up a Win2000 Pro desktop to run Rbase 4.5++
>
>I have a set of database maintenance routines that run quite happily forever
>and a day under W95/W98.
>
>Win2000 Pro, however, crashes to the R> periodically, however, and in the
>background I have a message telling me that the machine is out of Virtual
>memory and that I should try increasing the size of the paging file.
>
>The details as I have them:
>
>System stuff
>------------------
>Dell Dimension 4300
>256MB RAM
>100GB HDD
>Win2000 Pro
>Paging File set to 512MB Initial, 768MB Maximum
>
>System Variables
>Files=60
>Buffers=60
>TEMP=C:\WINNT\TEMP
>TMP=C:\WINNT\TEMP
>(the above directory definitely exists)
>
>No User Variables
>
>Rbase Stuff
>----------------
>
>Rbase Icon settings:
>CMD Line: H:\RBASE45.BAT
>Memory settings; All Auto
>
>Contents of H:\RBASE45.BAT
>SET ERR MESS OFF
>SET MESS OFF
>SET MULTI ON
>SET CASE OFF
>SET LINEEND = '^'
>SET ROWLOCKS ON
>CD ..
>DISC
>SET SORT MAX 64
>SET FILES 20
>H:
>CD \
>RUN STARTSYS.MAC
>
>My Rbase.DAT files has the following 2 settings
>SET FILES 20
>SET SORT MAX 64
>
>
>Hopefully there's enough there for the experts among you to analyse and
>improve upon.
>
>TIA,
>
>Steven
>
>
>
>
>
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