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Runtime error 7 Out of memory

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eman6

eman6

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I have developped an application with VB 6 and MS Access.
I created the installation with InstallSchield.
I tried to install it in different PCs and laptops. It worked so far in all of them (2 laptops and 2 Desktop PCs) except my client, who has a German Version Windows XP Professional with up to SP2 and a number of hotfixes and MS Office Basic Edition (also German).
The installation goes normally, but when I click to run the application, it give "Runtime error 7. Out of memory".
This is a brand new Notebook with plenty of memory, both HD (60GB) and RAM (512MB).
Could it be the German Version Windows? If yes, anybody has any idea what I could try to solve it?
If not, what could be the cause and what possible solution?

Mayn thanks in advance. It's really urgent.

Eman_2005
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This is not a solution but rather a suggestion...

If you have clients in Germany then you might want to get your hands on a German version of Windows.

Do you have Service Pack 6 for visual studio?
 
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Yes, Sheco, I do. I always make sure to have the latest service pack for Visual Studio.
As for the German thing, well, I have the hard luck of living in Switzerland and serve 4 Lanuages: French, German, Italian, and of course English. Would you suggest I purchase 4 PCs or Notebooks with different language version each? What about those who have Win 2000 and Win NT, also in different languages? Let me see, 3 different windows, 4 different languages makes 12 PCs, right?
Sometimes I hate Democracy. If we all had to use the English Version of the latest Windows, wouldn't Software developers spare tons of trouble? ;-)


Eman_2005
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Many times in VB out of memory errors are caused by either recursive function calls, or memory allocation that doesn't quit, like ReDim Preserve statements in an endless loop.

Lee
 
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You can also add line numbers to every procedure that running at start-up, and in error handling portion of them report into log file the procedure name and the line number (erl function). I assume you have one of free add-ins that would insert line numbers for you.

Microsoft also published this error and it's workaround. It makes sense to look at, what if it is your case. Just make a search at "Runtime error 7. Out of memory" at Yahoo.

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First: There is no recursive function call in my program, otherwise it would crash in all PCs and not in just this one.
Second, I looked already in yahoo for this runtime error, but the cases eaither were completely different or it leads to a forum where I have to subscribe. I just don't want to subscribe to too many forums. This one is an excellent one; you guys are very kind and helpful; and so far I got many solutions and ideas from here already ;-)

Now back to my Runtime error 7 Out of memory and Microsoft: I looked there at first. Does not look like they deal with Language version related problems, which I think would very probably be the cause, since it worked fine with English Windows.

Eman_2005
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Actually, I am hoping there is some kind of setting somewhere in Windows that I can modify to prevent this error.
hmmm, why would a different language version cause memory error? Some memory addressing problem rather than quantity of memory, maybe? ;-(


Eman_2005
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Have you completely ruled out software conflicts and hardware problems? Can you get it installed on another computer with the German Windows OS?

Lee
 
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That's a good point, Trollacious.
Unfortunately, I did not have the chance to try it on another German Windows, but I'm planning to try.
Regarding ruling out Hardware and Software conflicts, the funny thing is that a previous version of my program worked in the same Notebook with the same Windows and stuff. I cannot think of anything I have added that could have possibly caused such a problem, except a small splash screen at the beginning.
It's not a huge application. I am tempted to put it in my company web site for downloading if one of you has a German Window (or any non-English Window) and willing to try.



Eman_2005
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The real change that happened in the mean time was in the Notebook itself; a number of Microsoft hotfixes which I guess worked by automatic update setting (scary, isn't it).
My client has not been using the Notebook much, other than that.

Eman_2005
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I thought maybe a memory stick going bad at a certain address, or, like you mentioned, software being installed that might be running in the background.

Lee
 
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It looks like I need to include the German ODBC stuff during the packaging and deployment.
Not sure where to get them from, though.
I guess from Microsoft.

Any comments?

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