Process.start() within Backgroundworker - Memory limit??

[Sven W.]

Hi Newsgroup,

I am developing a C# Windows Forms application that launches processes within
a background worker..

The processes seem to have a memory limit of about 278mb. Some proccesses
that get to that
amount of used memory seem to hang ;-(

Is there a memory limit that can be adjusted ?? The physical machine has 3
GB RAM, should be enough...

Thanks
Sven

 

[Jeroen Mostert]

I am developing a C# Windows Forms application that launches processes within
a background worker..

The processes seem to have a memory limit of about 278mb. Some proccesses
that get to that
amount of used memory seem to hang ;-(

I'm quite skeptical that BackgroundWorker has anything to do with it. Can
you verify that the problem doesn't occur if you start them without using
BackgroundWorker, or even if you start them manually?

 

[Sven W.]

Hi Jeroen,

let me 1st tell you something about the application:

- windows forms application that should act quite like a batchfile ->
launching programs out of a list,
- displays list of programs in a datagridview,
- Button_Click() - backgroundworker.RunAsync()
- backgroundworker.DoWork() - launches item per item the programs from the
list as a process.

now, I removed the bgworker.. still the same problem.

One console program consumes about 280mb within the started process and
hangs. when launching it from normal console start>execute program .... it
consumes about 400mb and exists normally.

I think the problem is the "process class" of c#. Is it possible to adjust
its maximum memorylimit, if it has a memory limit...

Any hints ?

Sven

 

[Alvin Bruney [ASP.NET MVP]]

There is a client heap setting you can adjust for windows applications
although it applies mainly to COM+. Have a look at this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/556076

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Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

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