• [CE U17] COM/Interop does not release memory

    It's quite similar to https://communities.bentley.com/products/programming/microstation_programming/f/microstation-programming---forum/201080/mstn-ce-u14-vba-and-com-interop-does-not-release-memory but this time it happens while accessing child elements…
  • In VBA Compress DesignFile no longer clears memory in Microstation Connect 10.15.00.74, is there another method to clear memory between successive file open operations?

    I had written a replacement batch application for Microstation v8i that allowed for external Excel control, logging, and even an undo, but this application was predicated on the ability to clear memory between successive file open operations. In v8i…
  • [v8i MDL] Can I use 'new' instead dlmSystem_mdlMalloc to dynamically allocate memory for an array of DPoint3d?

    Hi All I've been using the 'new' operator to allocate vectors as follows: DPoint3d *pnts = new DPoint3d[_size_]; ........ delete [] pnts; My question is: is it safer to use dlmSystem_mdlMalloc and dlmSystem_mdlFree to allocate and free memory…
  • [v8i MDL] Can I use 'new' instead dlmSystem_mdlMalloc to dynamically allocate memory for an array of DPoint3d?

    Hi All! I've been using the 'new' operator to allocate vectors as follows: DPoint3d *pnts = new DPoint3d[_size_]; ........ delete [] pnts; My question is: is it safer to use dlmSystem_mdlMalloc and dlmSystem_mdlFree to allocate and free memory…
  • [V8i-SS2 VBA] Releasing Memory

    Hello, When writing utilities to process various information, I have often been remiss in considering 'Set object = Nothing', and notice that many others also forget; where object can be something like oLevel or oModel, oElement, etc. How important…
  • How to handle Memory usage issues?

    Hi all, hope you are having fun! :) I am making "the tool to end all tools", and in the process I am modifying thousands of elements... ... and that builds up the "Commit Charge", and eventually crashes. I must prevent my tool crashing due to memory…
  • Re: V8i memory usage is nearly a 4 fold increase over V8.5

    Hi Susan, as introductory information I recommend an article about memory management in MicroStation ( http://communities.bentley.com/Products/MicroStation/w/Microstation__Wiki/microstation-memory-management.aspx ). There is not many information…
  • Re: Issue: DArrays and EmbeddedArrays...

    64-bit Address Space Sam: You will run out of memory long before you managed to insert 2 billion members into an array. What happens when MicroStation is running in Windows 64-bit? Suppose your computer has 16MByte RAM running Win…