Task Manager - Memory Usage


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Tim Dol
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I noticed something with memory usage with .NET applications that I didn't see with VB6 Apps, and was wondering if I'm doing something wrong or if this is normal behavior.

I created a small test SF Maintenance form with a browse dialog.  I invoke the browse and perform a search...memory jumps up a little.  I close the dialog and memory does not go back down.  I then invoke the browse again.. and again... memory keeps increasing.

Is this normal?  I made sure I disposed of all objects.

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Tim

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Hi,

I heard that is utility in Java to do garbage collection manually to clean up memory. Is there any in .NET? I need it to clean up memory during design time.

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Trent Taylor
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Yes, though it is not recommended, but you can force the garabage collection by calling GC.Collect().
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