Re: HELP: Forms 4.0 memory problem

From: Kim Ng <kimmng_at_pebbles.uswnvg.com>
Date: 17 Nov 1994 16:14:29 GMT
Message-ID: <3afvh5$5fj_at_fred.uswnvg.com>

I don't know much about Forms4.0 and Windows. However, I've read in InfoWorld that sometimes Windows will fail if you have been in it for too long (and doing stuff, of course). It has something to do with "MAXBPS". Basically, it is like an environment variable. Windows consumes one everytime it launches something and doesn't give it back when it is done. Eventually, if you are in it long enough, you'll run out of it and may get the message like "not enough memory" even though you have terabytes of RAM. Try increase that value and see if it helps. I don't know where Windows keeps that value, though. Keep in mind that these stuff uses real memory. I think it is like 2K for every 400.

Good luck.

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 Kim Ng
 (Whatever I say and own are mine, mine and only mine! So, don't you dare   claim they are yours!)

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WILLIAM AIKMAN (HHPW72A_at_prodigy.com) wrote:
: Hello all:
 

: We have a large complex Forms 4.0 application with many screens. As the
: users exercise the system, eventually a screen will fail with an F40
: error and then a GPF. Oracle support attributes this to the poor memory
: management of Windows 3.1. We have given the application the maximim
: amount of real memory available (490K), but eventually the application
: fails. Has anyone had this problem? And, if so, what did you do to
: correct the situation (hopefully, short of rewriting the application)?
: Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
 

: W. Aikman HHPW72A_at_Prodigy.com
Received on Thu Nov 17 1994 - 17:14:29 CET