FIX: Memory Leak With SET SYSMENU TO DEFAULT

ID: Q221642

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0

SYMPTOMS

The SYS(1016) function reports increasing use of memory when the following command is issued:


SET SYSMENU TO DEFAULT

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 Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3. For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a program file named Usemem.prg with the following code:


   lnx = ''
   FOR lni = 1 TO 1000
      SET SYSMENU TO DEFA
      IF TYPE('lnx') = 'C'
         lnx = VAL(SYS(1016))
      ENDIF
      lnY= VAL(SYS(1016))
      ?ALLTR(STR(lnY - lnx))
      lnx = lnY
   ENDFOR

Run the program file.

Observe the output on the screen and note that the User Object Memory reported by the SYS(1016) function increases by 336 bytes in four of five iterations and 416 bytes on the fifth iteration.

Additional query words: KBDSE

Keywords : kbservicepack kbVFp600 kbVFp600bug kbXBase kbVS600sp2 kbVS600SP1 kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpFox
Version : WINDOWS:5.0,5.0a,6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug