memory allocation and deallaocation

[fais]

how can i do allocation and deallocation of memory in labview. i would like to know both static and dynamic allocation/deallocation. for both cases some example would be nice.
thanks

[waldemar.hersacher]

Hi fais,

you cannot allocate/deallocate memory in LabVIEW. You can allocate memory using system calls but that will be memory which LV cannot handle with. Another resource will be CIN tools which can allocate memory from the LV memory pool.

Waldemar

[JRA]

Waldemar is correct. You can not actually allocate and deallocate memory through LabVIEW. It is a high-level programming language and so it does this all for you. Is there a particular reason that you are wanting to do this?

[Ben]

Hi Fais,

I agree with others replies to your post.

THere is another way of looking at memory in LV that can be helpful.

Under

Labview 6.1 >>> Examples >> Mememon.llb

there are some VI that may be intersting.

The undocumneted LV ini setting "ShowInPlaceSet" (or something like this) will let you see where your buffers are being re-used.

I also view shift-registers as buffers that I pre-allocate if I know I will be dealing with large blocks of data.

Does any of this help?

Ben

[neerja]

The Show Buffer Allocations window, which allows you to see specific areas on the block diagram where LabVIEW allocates memory, is available in LabVIEW 7.1. Visit the KnowledgeBase for more information.

N. Kapoor
LabVIEW Documentation