4 replies to this topic

[BenB]

Hello!
I have created a DirectDraw program, but one time I have forgoted to Release a Surface. My computer worked very slow. I have rebooted my computer and it worked fine. Is anything OK now?

[Philippo]

hi.

When you forget to release a surface, it remains in (system)-memory after the program
ends. When you reboot your computer, the
memory is erased, so of cause everything is
OK now!

bye ...

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[Cromulus]

Unless your computer is really different than mine, forgetting to release a surface won't actually cause a noticeable effect (unless you forget to release something like 100 surfaces). And yes, it will be fixed after you reset

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[Facehat]

I might be wrong, but doesn't DDHELP.EXE try and detect it when you forget to release things? Or does it do something completely different?

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[Melo]

I've read that the DirectDraw-Surfaces are released automatically when the DirectDraw-Object is released...