Rev and RAM

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Thu Jan 18 14:33:00 EST 2007


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.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com



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