Re: [NTLK] "heap save" question...

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Tue Aug 13 2002 - 15:40:08 EDT


On 13/08/02 15:17, "Michael S. Roels" <msrwerks_at_ev1.net> wrote:

> I just got my first MP2100 yesterday and have been poking around in the
> extras folder. There is an application in there named "heap save". When this
> is run the screen goes blank. I could still open the extras folder, and
> launch applications, but when I closed them the screen would be blank
> instead of the backdrop.
>
> I could not figure out how to get this application to quit so I reset the
> message pad which did the trick.
>
> What exactly is this application suppose to be doing?
>
> How do I get it to quit without having to reset the message pad?

When you ran it, were you able to find its icon in Extras? I've never heard
about "Heap Save" but from your description, it appears to be replacing the
backdrop temporarily. When you run it, you could try to set another
application as the backdrop and see if that makes "Heap Save" quit.

-Laurent.

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