[softwarelist] Re: OvPro 2.77 memory

In message <arTO4iAIccWFFwfL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In message <0f21a3854e.jaycee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, JayCee
> <jaygcee@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>>Whilst processing a manual yesterday which consisted of 290 pages of
>>draw files I ran out of memory in OvPro after about 50 pages.
>>
>>Not a real problem as I just used more documents of 50 pages each.
>>
>>However I have loads of memory free on my Iyonix so to increase the
>>amount available to OvPro is it as simple as increasing the Wimpslot
>>in the !Run file or is it not possible to allocate more memory to
>>OvPro.
> 
> wimpslot in !Run has nothing to do with how much memory there is
> available for documents.

Just tried another document till it reported in a mesage from OvPro 
'Not enough Memory'. The Size 126.93M

> 
> I would be inclined to look at the task manager and see what is going on
> with OP's dynamic area slot - how big is it, and while you're looking at
> the task manager how much free memory is there.

The OP dynamic area is 130244K
Free is 325936K
The next slot is set to 32000K

In the system meory allocation it shows:
dynamic areas 139204K
applications free 357940K
applications used 9256K
> 
> Back to the dynamic area saga, there are utilities around that limit the
> max size to prevent the address problems - so if you've used one of
> those it may explain things.

I am not using anything like that as far as I am aware

> 
> I suppose you might be running OP under aemulor in some sort of 26 bit
> mode where it can't use dynamic areas and in that situation the 32MB
> task slot limit applies.

No I am using it on an Iyonix and do not possess an aemulor.
> 
> 
Thanks for replying Dave but don't bust a gut on this as I said I can 
split documents up with no problem. I guess this is just more for 
interest when I have so much free memory it seems odd for an 
application to run out.

-- 
JayCee

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