Rev and RAM

[Reuben Rivera]

Thanks for your reply.  

-----Original Message-----
>From: "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
>Sent: Jan 18, 2007 11:33 AM
>To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>Subject: Re: Rev and RAM
>
>Reuben Rivera wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I know Rev uses memory in your system when you are running it.  When
>> you load data from a text file into a  rev created app and later delete it,
>> is the memory used during the loading process still unavailable or
>>  can it now be allocated to something else. 
>
>The only memory that is in use is the amount required to store the file 
>contents. When you empty the variable, that memory is released. The 
>actual I/O process of opening and reading the file is handled by the 
>engine and you don't have to worry about that, it does a very good job 
>of managing RAM allocation.
>
>As long as you aren't retaining the file contents in a variable, you 
>should be able to open/read/close an unlimited number of files without 
>any problem.
>
>-- 
>Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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