I am currently using Rational Purify, and would like to see what other tools are out there that help detect memory leaks. I am working on a largish library (c++) of code, coupled with a mfc gui that instantiates COM objects, as well as provides user scripting abilities via Active Scripting. In particular, are there any good tools that will enable me to detect addref/release mismatches (in addition to the standard "forgetting" to call "delete" leaks)? thanks for any/all input...

My screen is set to "million colors". In addition, my own application is NOT flickering/flashing - _other_ applications that are also on the desktop are... ?

No...I am doing no such thing...My app is a simple MFC MDI application - real straight forward. Anyone have a inkling as to what might be happening?

Hi, Thanks for replying, however I am not sure what CWindowDC is/has to do with MFC? Could you elaborate?

Hi all, I have a MDI MFC Application that causes OTHER applications that happen to be running at the same time to FLICKER uncontrollably whenever my application updates/refreshs itself. I understand how EraseBackground and PreCreateWindow can be used to eliminate flicker within the same application, but how I do I prevent my application from causing other apps to flicker? Many thanks in advance!

Dude. This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Thanks a million.

Hi all, I have an application that is a MDI app, with multiple views attached to each document. When I switch between views of the same document, with the MDI child frames NOT maximized, everything is cool (no flickering when switching between frames/views). However, when I switch between frames when the child frames are MAXIMIZED, the activated frame/view seems to "remember" it's non-maximized dimensions, display that and THEN subsequently refresh and display itself as maximized. As you can guess, this causes a momentary flicker in between the time the maximized frame shows the "non-maximized" dimensions and the the time it finally displays itself as maximized. Any clues as to how I might avoid this? Thanks.... :confused:

Hello, I am developing an application on WinNT 4.0, sp6 using VC++ sp5 and the application functions normally on that platform. However when I test it on W2k Adv Server, sp2, I notice that some controls "flicker" whenever the mouse cursor "hovers" over some of the controls. Does anyone have any pointers as to where I should begin investigating these strange occurances? Specifically, this flickering effect seems to occur with controls I have embedded in CToolbars and Stingray's Objective Grid, and NOT with controls in CFormViews. Are there specific window messages I should be intercepting with these controls (CComboBox's, CListBox's) so that they do not repaint needlessly? Any pointers/suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

This true for all the cases where I've wanted to change the font on a particular control, but it does NOT work when you attempt it on a file dialog for some reason. I'm truly stumped. Thanks for your reply, though.

Anyone?

Hi, I'm trying to figure out a way to change the font used within the list control that is embedded inside the CFileDialog. As I understand it, it's resource id is "lst1", but how can I set the font used to display the files, let's say, in my override "OnInitDialog"? (I'm inheriting from CFileDialog). Thanks in advance.