FIX: Multi-Use OLE .Exe File Not Releasing Memory
ID: Q176777
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a
SYMPTOMS
When you use a multi-use OLE out-of-process server (.exe), memory is
not released in the process until all of the objects have been released.
RESOLUTION
When an OLE .exe file is going to be used for long periods of time without
the release of the last object you can use the following workaround:
- Build two OLE .exe files with different GUIDs and place them on the
computer.
NOTE: To generate a different GUID for the second instance of the OLE .exe, select the "Regenerate OLE Server Ids" option when you build the
Visual FoxPro project.
- In the client, have a procedure that runs before instantiating the
object that checks the current system date and time.
- When you switch from one server to the other, you release all instances
of the OLE server you are switching from. Perform this switch at regular
increments to minimize the effect of the OLE server holding the memory.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article.
This bug was corrected in Visual FoxPro 6.0.
MORE INFORMATION
In a multi-use out-of-process OLE server, memory usage increases with each
additional instantiation of an object or class in the server. When you
release these class instantiations, memory usage does not decrease until
the last object is released. Memory then decreases incrementally and the
.exe file unloads from memory.
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
- Create and build an out-of-process (.exe) multi-use OLE server in
Microsoft Visual FoxPro.
NOTE: To create a Multi-Use OLE server, click the Servers tab in the Project Information dialog box and select Multi Use for the Instance
option.
- In Microsoft Visual FoxPro create an instance of the OLE server.
- Using a tool like Microsoft Windows NT Task Manager, view the memory
usage for the OLE .exe file. In Microsoft Windows NT, this is located on
the Processes tab of the Task Manager.
- Create additional instances of the object and note the increased memory usage of the OLE .exe file.
- Release instances of the object one by one and note that the memory
usage does not decrease.
- Release the last instance of the OLE server. Notice the memory decreases and the .exe file exits from the Processes list.
Additional query words:
COM DCOM
Keywords : kbole kbVFp FxprgGeneral
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug