Micrografx Designer 3.1 Fails to Release GDI Resources

Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
Article ID: Q88995

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11

SYMPTOMS

Micrografx Designer 3.1 may fail to release GDI resources during zooms and text editing. These problems are aggravated if you use a high-resolution display (1024 x 768), and you may experience slow response and the application may stop responding (hang). These problems can also occur when you paste Micrografx images into other applications.

RESOLUTION

Micrografx has a patch called GDIFIX.EXE that resolves this problem. You can download the patch from the Micrografx bulletin board service (BBS). Contact Micrografx for more information.

If you need an immediate workaround, add the following lines to the [Micrografx Fonts] section of WIN.INI. You may see some slowing during redraws; however, Designer will release GDI resources.

   [Micrografx Fonts]
   MGXFNT=C:\WINDOWS\MGXLIBS\MGXFONTS,MGXFNT,MGXFNT.FTM,0,0
   FONT CACHE = 5
   BITMAP CACHE = 2000
   CHARACTER CACHE = 2048

Values                   Definitions

Font Cache value:        3 through 30; default is 25.
Bitmap Cache value:      100 through 8192; default is 8192.
Character Cache value:   1024 through 16384; default is 16384.

The Micrografx products included here are manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

KBCategory: kb3rdparty kbdisplay kbprb kbgraphic
KBSubcategory: win31
Additional reference words: 3.10 3.11 heap micro graphics system 3rdparty
high resolution

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Last reviewed: November 23, 1994
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