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Huge increase in memory usage with Debug binary [modified]

mandanani5-Jun-07 22:34

5-Jun-07 22:34

Hi All,

I added virtual copy constructor for quite a few classes. I see a drastic difference in memory usage before and after the change, that too only with debug binary. When I ran release binary the memory usage is almost the same.

Here below are the memory statistics

Before Change
-------------
Peak Mem Usage & VM Size for Debug binary is: 15 MB & 10.5 MB
Peak Mem Usage & VM Size for Release binary is: 11.5 MB & 8 MB

After Change
-------------
Peak Mem Usage & VM Size for Debug binary is: 29 MB & 26 MB
Peak Mem Usage & VM Size for Release binary is: 12 MB & 8.5 MB

Is it the case virtual copy constructor makes debug binary use more space?

Thanks and Regards,
Nani

-- modified at 4:39 Wednesday 6th June, 2007

Re: Huge increase in memory usage with Debug binary

David Crow6-Jun-07 3:03

David Crow

6-Jun-07 3:03

mandanani wrote:
I added virtual copy constructor...

How?

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Re: Huge increase in memory usage with Debug binary

mandanani6-Jun-07 18:14

mandanani

6-Jun-07 18:14

You mean in what way I added virtual copy constructor?

Here below is the code:

CValueObjectBase* CashflowVO::clone() const
{
return new CashflowVO(*this);
}

Here CValueObjectBase is base class and clone method is pure virtual method. The clone method of derived class copies the object and return base class pointer.

Hope I have provided the right information.

Re: Huge increase in memory usage with Debug binary

Cyrilix6-Jun-07 4:24

Cyrilix

6-Jun-07 4:24

I thought constructors couldn't be virtual, since they require complete information to create the object.

Re: Huge increase in memory usage with Debug binary

David Crow6-Jun-07 4:57

David Crow

6-Jun-07 4:57

Cyrilix wrote:
I thought constructors couldn't be virtual, since they require complete information to create the object.

You are correct, hence my question to him as to how he managed to pull this off.

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Re: Huge increase in memory usage with Debug binary

mandanani6-Jun-07 18:29

mandanani

6-Jun-07 18:29

Actually, this is a method which does the job of constructor.

Here below is the code snippet:

class CashflowVO derived from CValueObjectBase
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
CValueObjectBase* CashflowVO::clone() const
{
return new CashflowVO(*this);
}
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Clone methos is pure virtual method in CValueObjectBase. The below code calls the respective clone method of derived object. Here pValueObjectBaseOrg can be any of the derived class, but respective object is getting copied and pointer is returned to pValueObjectBase.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
CValueObjectBase * m_pValueObjectBase = m_pValueObjectBaseOrg->clone();
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Hope I make sense here.

Re: Huge increase in memory usage with Debug binary

Mark Salsbery6-Jun-07 5:39

Mark Salsbery

6-Jun-07 5:39

Besides the question that needs an answer (what the heck is a virtual copy constructor???)
the memory usage increase was hardly "drastic". Is there a reason you're worried about how
much memory (even if you could get an accurate measurement of it) your app is using in a
debug configuration?

Mark

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Re: Huge increase in memory usage with Debug binary

mandanani6-Jun-07 18:21

mandanani

6-Jun-07 18:21

Yes. The statistics I provided here are for sample data. When I ran my applicaiton with full production data the debug binary consumes 1.5 GB of virtual memory. Before the change the debug binary used to consume around 700 MB memory. There is not much difference in memory usage with release binary before and after the change.

I want to know whether virtual copy constructor adds more symbols to debug binary.

Thanks, Nani

Set the values of a field

villaa5-Jun-07 22:20

villaa

5-Jun-07 22:20

how to programmatically add the values of a apecific field in a .mdb file.(only that field is blank, the other fields are filled)
thanks

Re: Set the values of a field

Paresh Chitte6-Jun-07 0:58

Paresh Chitte

6-Jun-07 0:58

Which is the programming language are you using ?

You can use ADO to serve your purpose.

Regards,

Paresh.

Re: Set the values of a field

Hamid_RT6-Jun-07 7:55

Hamid_RT

6-Jun-07 7:55

Does Retrieving, Writing, and Creating Data in a Microsoft Access File (CDaoDatabase and CDaoRecordset)[^] helpful?

WhiteSky

Linking to ODBC.dll

Programm3r5-Jun-07 22:19

Programm3r

5-Jun-07 22:19

Hi all,

First of all I'm sorry about asking this type of question here but, after searching for 2 hours without no success and asking people on Tek Tips and DevX, I'm frustrated as hell.

How do you link to a dll (odbc32.dll) in Borland C++, I know how to do it in VS2005, but borland is another story.

Can anyone please help me??

Many Thanks
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Re: Linking to ODBC.dll

Optimus Chaos5-Jun-07 22:36

Optimus Chaos

5-Jun-07 22:36

I don't know right now if there is any option dialog for this (currently working with VC++ Builder 6.0) but you can also include the #pragma preprocessor directive, assuming you have set the additional library (something like: "<installpath>\lib\psdk") path in a way, that odbc32.lib can be found:
#pragma comment ( lib, "odbc32.lib" )

Re: Linking to ODBC.dll

Programm3r5-Jun-07 22:43

Programm3r

5-Jun-07 22:43

Thank you for the help.
Is this the way to do it? #pragma comment ( lib, "odbc32.lib" )
or is there other ways?

Thanks again Smile | :)

.
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Re: Linking to ODBC.dll

Optimus Chaos5-Jun-07 22:54

Optimus Chaos

5-Jun-07 22:54

I just tried a project which links with other libs that are shipped with the source code:

It seems that you can simply add the *.lib file to your project. However I don't know if this will work with Platform SDK libraries.

Yes, this is a way that worked in my project when linking against shell32.lib. I just placed it in the source code where I needed the API call.

Re: Linking to ODBC.dll

Programm3r5-Jun-07 23:16

Programm3r

5-Jun-07 23:16

Thanks you for the help.

Regards,

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Re: Linking to ODBC.dll

David Crow6-Jun-07 3:50

David Crow

6-Jun-07 3:50

Programm3r wrote:
How do you link to a dll (odbc32.dll) in Borland C++...

What version? Are you compiling/linking from within an IDE, or a command prompt?

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How to get homeDirectory

VC_RYK5-Jun-07 22:12

VC_RYK

5-Jun-07 22:12

i want to get homedirectory of current user like(C:\Documents and Settings\current username).

is there any API to get it.

Thanks in advance
RYK

Re: How to get homeDirectory

Optimus Chaos5-Jun-07 22:32

Optimus Chaos

5-Jun-07 22:32

SHGetFolderPath, just pass in the CSIDL for the desired folder.

Re: How to get homeDirectory

Michael Dunn5-Jun-07 22:35

Michael Dunn

5-Jun-07 22:35

You can call SHGetFolderPath(CSIDL_PROFILE) or read the %USERPROFILE% variable

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Re: How to get homeDirectory

CPallini5-Jun-07 22:39

CPallini

5-Jun-07 22:39

have a look at GetUserProfileDirectory http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa373772.aspx[^].
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Displaying a picture?

iayd5-Jun-07 21:47

iayd

5-Jun-07 21:47

Hi I am not experienced at MFC.I want to ask that how can I display a jpeg format picture simply.I need that for a project in Windows CE and OleLoadPicture and IPicture methods are unsupported by Windows CE.So is there any other way without using these methods?
Thanks for any help

Re: Displaying a picture?

CPallini5-Jun-07 22:00

CPallini

5-Jun-07 22:00

Try LoadImage function [^], setting hInst=NULL, lpszName equal to the path of your file, and fuLoad=LR_LOADFROMFILE. Please note that I don't know if it works with jpeg files on Windows CE (maybe asking to the Mobile Development[^] forum guys will help...).

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Re: Displaying a picture?

Matthew Taylor5-Jun-07 22:29

Matthew Taylor

5-Jun-07 22:29

It does work with jpeg files on Windows CE

Taylor, MCP,MSc

Good to know!

CPallini5-Jun-07 22:40

CPallini

5-Jun-07 22:40

Thx

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