TestStand Out Of Memory Error

[Adarsh]

Hi,

I have been using TestStand 4.2 With LabVIEW 2009 Service Pack 1. Sometimes I get an error from the TestStand sequence editor saying Out of memory. What will be the reason for this and how to fix up this?

My computer details are:

OS:Windows XP Professional Version 2002

OS Service Pack: Service Pack 3

Processor:Core2Duo

RAM:2GB

P.S: Please refer to the attached file for error screen shot.

Regards

Adarsh

[RayFarmer]

Hi,

Not a lot to go on.

Looking at your JPG there seems to be a lot of sequences.

What is the runtimes, how many results do you store, Does your execution appear to be running slower and slower before seeing the error?

If the answer is long and loads of results and yes, you might consider using On the Fly reporting as the standard reporting can stack up problems of this nature because of the growing size of ResultList.

[TSJim]

The large red 'x' on the top of the window in your screenshot indicates that something is leaking GDI objects.

To isolate, bring up Windows Task Manager, select 'Processes', select menu item View>>Select Columns..  Select GDI Objects. 

Keep an eye on the GDI Objects column in Task Manager for SeqEdit.exe while the sequence is running to determine where the leak may be coming from.

If the number stays constant, i'm wrong.

Thanks,
Jim

[CyGa]

Hi !

Old post by I'm facing the same problem when working with a workspace containing a project dealing with a large number of sequences and code modules...

It even corrupts tsw file when "out of memory" error occur...

My configuration : TS 4.2.1 and LV 2009 SP1

Running on WinXP SP3.

I already lost hours of development because of behaviour, so if someone has an idea it would be great !

[RayFarmer]

Well there was no response from the original person as to whether that problem was resolved and how, so that's going to be of little help.

You have given even less information on your problem, so I don't know how you expect people to help.

If it's a size problem, try reducing the number of sequences (and code modules) in memory at any one time and see if that improves things.

[RayFarmer]

I found this which might be related to your problem regarding workspace.

TestStand 4.2.x Known Issues by Date

159800

Loading or saving a workspace with a project that has lots of subdirectories might cause an Out of Memory error
When loading or saving a TestStand workspace (.tsw) file that contains a TestStand project (.tpj) file with hundreds of folders or subfolders, the sequence editor might report an Out of Memory error.

Workaround: Re-organize your workspace into multiple projects with fewer folders to work around this issue.

Reported Version: 4.0    Resolved Version: N/A    Added: 05/18/2009

[CyGa]

Thank you Ray !

Indeed I have hundreds of folders in my TS project. I can't reduce the number because it is part of the final application architecture.

However, on my computer these folders are linked to my source code code controler (TortoiseVSN). So in each folder, I have a .svn hidden folder containing others folders etc...

Is there a way to tell TS not to inculde .svn folders when adding a folder to a project ?

[RayFarmer]

I dont think so.

You might like to try making a project with less folders to see if it is the problem.