Tracking Memory Leaks

[Gary Townsend]

I have written a program in vb .net and want to go about trying to track
down a memory leak when i run my program and monitor it using the task
manager in windows 2k my program has a stead progression of memory usage
upwards. I have done all the well behaved things such as using dispose where
i can. So i guess i need to try and track down where approximately i am
using up my memory. Any suggestions?

[Kerry Moorman]

Gary,

http://www.itwriting.com/dotnetmem.php

http://getdotnetco.web101.discountas...%20Mystery.htm

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...2c39983d?hl=en

Kerry Moorman
"Gary Townsend" wrote:

I have written a program in vb .net and want to go about trying to track
down a memory leak when i run my program and monitor it using the task
manager in windows 2k my program has a stead progression of memory usage
upwards. I have done all the well behaved things such as using dispose where
i can. So i guess i need to try and track down where approximately i am
using up my memory. Any suggestions?

[Gary Townsend]

Thank you those were very helpful and pointed out that i do NOT have a
memory leak.

Thanks :)
"Kerry Moorman" <Ke**********@d iscussions.micr osoft.com> wrote in message
news:7F******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

Gary,

http://www.itwriting.com/dotnetmem.php

http://getdotnetco.web101.discountas...%20Mystery.htm
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...2c39983d?hl=en
Kerry Moorman
"Gary Townsend" wrote:

I have written a program in vb .net and want to go about trying to track
down a memory leak when i run my program and monitor it using the task
manager in windows 2k my program has a stead progression of memory usage
upwards. I have done all the well behaved things such as using dispose where i can. So i guess i need to try and track down where approximately i am
using up my memory. Any suggestions?

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Gary Townsend" <ga**********@h otmail.com> schrieb:

I have written a program in vb .net and want to go about trying to track
down a memory leak when i run my program and monitor it using the task
manager in windows 2k my program has a stead progression of memory usage
upwards. I have done all the well behaved things such as using dispose
where
i can. So i guess i need to try and track down where approximately i am
using up my memory. Any suggestions?

Allocation Profiler src
<URL:http://www.gotdotnet.c om/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?Sa mpleGuid=325432 5d-a4aa-4bb3-aa86-c72d5104ec74>

CLR Profiler (v2.0)
<URL:http://www.microsoft.c om/downloads/details.aspx?Fa milyId=86CE6052-D7F4-4AEB-9B7A-94635BEEBDDA&di splaylang=en>

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[Gary Townsend]

Wow those profilers were really neat utilities...ver y useful thanks.

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi************ ***@gmx.at> wrote in message
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"Gary Townsend" <ga**********@h otmail.com> schrieb:

I have written a program in vb .net and want to go about trying to track
down a memory leak when i run my program and monitor it using the task
manager in windows 2k my program has a stead progression of memory usage
upwards. I have done all the well behaved things such as using dispose
where
i can. So i guess i need to try and track down where approximately i am
using up my memory. Any suggestions?
Allocation Profiler src

<URL:http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/U...px?SampleGuid=
3254325d-a4aa-4bb3-aa86-c72d5104ec74>
CLR Profiler (v2.0)
<URL:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...86CE6052-D7F4-
4AEB-9B7A-94635BEEBDDA&di splaylang=en>
--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[mlafarlett]

i have some code that utilizes the system.diagnost ic namespace if
you've not solved your problem. You basically a small function at
various points in your program and it gets the current amt of memory
used by your code at that point....i log mine to a file after its ran
awhile.

[Gary Townsend]

Thank you but after the helpful tips ehre i found that i do not have a
memory leak. However if you are willing to share your code I will look at it
for sure and who knows maybe someone else might benefit from it.

<ml********@yah oo.com> wrote in message
news:11******** **************@ g49g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .

i have some code that utilizes the system.diagnost ic namespace if
you've not solved your problem. You basically a small function at
various points in your program and it gets the current amt of memory
used by your code at that point....i log mine to a file after its ran
awhile.

[mlafarlett]

You'll have to import System.Diagnost ics first then call the function
below passing in where you are in your code...ie., something meaning
full to you...the trace stuff is just a fancy log file..u can replace
with debug.writeline if u wish

Public Sub fnLogMemoryUsag e(ByVal psCodeLocation As String, ByVal
pTrace As TextWriterTrace Listener)
dUsage = proc.PrivateMem orySize - iPrivMemSz
sUsage = dUsage.ToString ("N").PadLeft(1 3) & " " &
proc.PrivateMem orySize.ToStrin g("N").PadLeft( 15)
pTrace.WriteLin e(Now & " " & psCodeLocation & " --->>> " &
sUsage)
iPrivMemSz = proc.PrivateMem orySize
proc.Refresh()
End Sub