[Lazarus] Christmas present for Windows lazarus developers : Memproof instaler 2.2MB

[Joshua Lim]

Hi Peter, thanks, this downloader site keeps returning me to the wait 
page - http://hotfile.com/dl/91609295/6358c68/memproof_installer.zip.html

Rgds,
Joshua


Peter E Williams wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Here is a link to Memproof_installer.zip (2.2MB).
>
> http://hotfile.com/dl/91609295/6358c68/memproof_installer.zip.html
>
> This is what I originally used many years ago with Delphi 5 Enterprise 
> to write my shareware (which never really sold) and later became 
> mostly public domain freeware now found on http://pewink.info in the 
> Delphi source code page.
>
> Memproof is a stand alone application.
>
> Instructions:
>
> click here
>
> http://hotfile.com/dl/91609295/6358c68/memproof_installer.zip.html
>
> and save the 2.2 MB fie to disk.
>
> Unzip it with whatever you like and save the exe file. Then run it. It 
> is a standard installation exe file by the same company that wrote 
> Memproof (not me).
>
> Then open the memproof folder and run memproof and read the 
> instructions in the help file. You will need to set certain 
> Optimization options off and other Delphi 5 compilation options. They 
> have a red circle and arrows in the help file.
>
> Don't ask me as it has been years since I did this.
>
> An interesting note is that later versions of memproof did NOT include 
> the help file... so save it if you install a later version of memproof.
>
> Then open Delphi or Lazarus and compile your project (say, 
> "hello_fred" project) with the correct settings as described in the 
> Memproof help file.
>
> Close Delphi or Lazarus.
>
> Open Memproof and the open your project (hello_fred.exe).
>
> Run it (hello_fred.exe) within Memproof (not as a Windows exe file).
>
> Memproof will show all memory assignments and memory leaks. It will 
> also jump to the line in your source code where the memory leak 
> variable was created. You then need to decide where to call Free or 
> FreeAndNil for the object(s) which you created and forgot to free, 
> causing the memory leak(s).
>
> This is then a process of recompiling it with Delphi or Lazarus and 
> reopening it with Memproof and running it until there are no memory leaks.
>
> Happy Debugging and Merry Christmas 2010
>
> Fond Regards, Peter Eric WILLIAMS
> --- Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
> --- Phone: +61 (03) 6236-9675
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