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PTWin32 memory requirements

Tip #: 6.1.151
Ver(s):PTWin32

By now everyone knows that their computer processes data loaded into memory from a storage device like a hard drive. When you buy a computer one of the configuration items you must specify is the amount of memory you want.

The more memory you have, the more efficiently your computer will run, but no matter how much memory you put in your computer it will always represent a finite amount with a maximum capacity.

Most everything you run on your computer is loaded into memory for processing. The combined requirements of your programs are subtracted from the available pool of memory in your computer. If you load enough programs and files simultaneously you will use up all of your memory.

These days most computers have more than enough memory to run PTWin32. Even less expensive computers come with up to one gigabyte (1 billion bytes) of memory. But if you are curious as to how much memory the PTWin32 program uses, then read on…

All of the following numbers are approximations. The configuration of your computer may raise or lower these numbers slightly. The numbers represent the memory used by the program files of PTWin32. They do not include memory that may be used to display your PTWin32 data

The suffix MB refers to megabytes. Each megabyte is 1 million bytes. The suffix KB refers to kilobytes. Each kilobyte is 1 thousand bytes.

The PTWin32 desktop uses 8.3 MB of memory. The Permit window uses 3.9 MB, and the Code Enforcement window uses 1.6 MB. The Inspection window uses 1.3 MB, and the Inspections Scheduling window uses only 392 KB.

The Parcel window requires 1.2 MB of memory, while the Contractor window needs 912 KB. The License window uses 876 KB, and the Fees/Receipts window takes 1.2 MB.

The Time Tracking window reserves 432 KB of memory and the Lists window demands the least memory, needing only 188 KB to run.

The SRW Ad-Hoc Reporter needs 468 KB, and the Report Builder Pro report writer takes 2 MB of memory. The PTWin32 Help file requires 2.9 MB.

If you were to load all 14 of the aforementioned PTWin32 windows simultaneously, which is highly unlikely, you would need about 26 million bytes of memory, or 2.6 percent of a gigabyte. That would leave 97.4 percent of your memory available for other programs and data

 

 

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