C#

//Environment.NewLine exists in C# and will insert a crlf.
chunckof_X_chars1 + Environment.NewLine + chunckof_Xchars2 + Environment.NewLine + etc...

what happens if you don't create a new SpeechSynthesizer object on each pass? – Eric Brown Feb 19 at 20:50

Eric, I tried it that way the first time through and it is actually worse. This was why I tried creating and destroying the object with each call. It did improve slightly, but still doesn't solve the issue. Any call to SpeechSynthesizer leaves behind WAVEHDR and WaveHeader objects that grows the private memory until it crashes. – DudeFX Feb 19 at 23:34

FocusedWolf wrote:

Sorry i thought everyone knew about this

FocusedWolf wrote:

To summarize the effect, the more words that the SpeechSynthesizer .net framework object has to read, the more megabytes of memory it consumes. It's not long before it's soaking up a few hundred mb. First effect, which sets on rather quickly, is the reader gets slower and slower.

I have tried various hacky attempts to dispose and create new objects, but it wasn't 100% successful (besides introduces a noticeable delay). This is from the first link:

float RangeCheck(int lower, int upper, float value)
{
    return ((value >= lower) && (value <= upper)) ? value : 0;
}

tonyonlinux wrote:

addRecordForm.Owner = this;
this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;

tonyonlinux wrote:

it minimizes but they both minimize instead of only the parent minimizing

this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized;
this.ShowInTaskbar = false;

Form2 f = new Form2();
f.Owner = this;
f.Show();

//this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized;

private void Form2_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
        {            
            this.Owner.ShowInTaskbar = true;
            this.Owner.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;            
        }

private btn1Click(object sender, EventArgs e){
   this.Hide();
   DataForm df = new DataForm();
   df.ShowDialog();
   
   //now show back your main form
   this.Show();
}