The debugger keeps complaining about a memroy leak and i cant seem to find it. Heres what i get from the debugger: Detected memory leaks! Dumping objects -> {128} normal block at 0x006B7BC8, 3496 bytes long. Data: < > 00 00 01 00 02 00 03 00 04 00 05 00 06 00 07 00 {84} normal block at 0x006B6DF4, 3496 bytes long. Data: < > 00 00 01 00 02 00 03 00 04 00 05 00 06 00 07 00 Object dump complete. I was wondering if i could use this to determine where the leak occurs. Any suggustions? tia, - llvllatrix

I''m assuming you''re using VC++.

The number in the {} is the allocation number of the block of memory that is being leaked. Run your program and note what value is given in the leak dump. Put a breakpoint somewhere at the beginning of your program (i.e. line 1 of the main fuinction) and run the program again. When it breaks, put _crtBreakAlloc (if you''re statically linking the runtime library) or {,,msvcr71d.dll}_crtBreakAlloc (if you''re using the multithreaded dll option - change the dll option to whatever version you''re using)
in the watch window and change its value (it defaults to -1) to the number. Then continue the run. The program should break on the line that allocates the memory being leaked. You might need to move back on the stack a bit to find the code you wrote that is causing the leak but it should be obvious what is causing the problem.

If the allocation number is never the same, then it is a bit harder to track down. There is a way of changing the way the new operator is used to include the line number and file when an allocation is made, so that you can click on the memory leak dump and go straight to the leak, but I haven''t done this myself.

Good luck

thx guys, found it