Re: Visual Studio 2005 is a memory hog!!

> It may be C++, but it is defintely COM. At least that's what the MSIL and
> the system registry, as well as the COM mangager tell me.

I'm so embarrassed. I realized that I violated my prime directive, by
speaking about what I do not know.

If I'm correct, Mikhail, those are both COM and .Net interfaces to the C++
Visual Studio application, aren't they?

I misspoke, and will now quietly flail myself.

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Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
A watched clock never boils.

"Kevin Spencer" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uWd%23EQ14FHA.1536@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> No, VS IDE is native C++. However, some components are managed, such as
>> property window, XML editor, Data/Schema editors, Class designer, ...
>
> It may be C++, but it is defintely COM. At least that's what the MSIL and
> the system registry, as well as the COM mangager tell me.
>
> BTW, Mikhail, do you know why the globals class throws an exception when
> attempting to name a Global variable with a key having a dot in the name?
> I've been trying to help out this fellow for almost a week now, and short
> of decompiling (which I won't do) I can't figure out why. It is not
> documented.
> --
>
> Kevin Spencer
> Microsoft MVP
> .Net Developer
> A watched clock never boils.
>
> "Mikhail Arkhipov (Microsoft)" <mikhaila@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> message news:BF940F1D.18125%mikhaila@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On 11/4/05 15:11, in article #LhR$SZ4FHA.3312@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> "Robert
>> Conde" <conde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Fair enough - but is my point valid? Namely that when you're talking
>>> about
>>> an app that uses .NET, the old benchmark of looking at memory usage in
>>> the
>>> task manager isn't valid anymore?
>>>
>>> I'm actually a bit concerned about this when we deliver our app...people
>>> are
>>> gonna call it a memory hog for this very same reason.
>>>
>>> Robert Conde
>>>
>>> "Kevin Spencer" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:%23WNSJVY4FHA.472@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Visual Studio 2005 gui is written in .NET no? Isn't the memory used by
>>>>> a
>>>>> .NET app in the task manager usually misleading as the runtime takes
>>>>> more
>>>>> than it needs but gives it up as other apps need it?
>>>>
>>>> It is, and it isn't. At present, it's a rather unholy mixture of .Net
>>>> and
>>>> COM. But I can see in the documentation and Ildasm that they're
>>>> attempting
>>>> to rememdy this.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> HTH,
>>>>
>>>> Kevin Spencer
>>>> Microsoft MVP
>>>> .Net Developer
>>>> A watched clock never boils.
>>>>
>>>> "Robert Conde" <conde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:uomCbQY4FHA.3588@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Visual Studio 2005 gui is written in .NET no? Isn't the memory used by
>>>>> a
>>>>> .NET app in the task manager usually misleading as the runtime takes
>>>>> more
>>>>> than it needs but gives it up as other apps need it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Robert Conde
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ed West" <west@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>> news:eob6ov73FHA.2872@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Hey,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just installed release version of 2005, downloaded from msdn. What a
>>>>>> memory hog! I have 4 code windows open, and it's taking over 1 GB of
>>>>>> memory! System response time is terrible, it takes 2 seconds for
>>>>>> context menu to come up. Unacceptable. I didn't have this problem
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> beta 2 or the RC... any ideas??
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ed
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Did you measure memory footprint on the first run, or on subsequent?
>> First
>> run loads a lot of things since it needs to set up certain components,
>> generate toolbox, etc. Usually memory consumption is lower on subsequent
>> runs.
>>
>> No, VS IDE is native C++. However, some components are managed, such as
>> property window, XML editor, Data/Schema editors, Class designer, ...
>>
>> Thanks
>> Mikhail Arkhipov (Microsoft)
>> -- This post is provided 'AS IS' with no warranties and confers no rights
>>
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