Show Bid Request vb6 program "hangs" after sever hours in a win4.0 environment Bid Request Id: 27926 Bookmark in my 'To Do' list Posted by: BillMiller (1 ratings) (Software buyer rating 10) Non-action Ratio: Above Average - 40.00% Buyer Security Verifications: Excellent Approved on: Sep 18, 2002 4:56:10 PM EDT Bidding Closes: Oct 2, 2002 5:22:01 PM EDT Viewed (by coders): 410 times Deadline: 10/15/2002 TIME EXPIRED Phase: 100% of work completed and accepted. Coder has been paid. Max Accepted Bid: Bidding is closed Project Type: Small Business Project: $100 (USD) + Bidding Type: Open Auction Categories: Windows, Testing / Quality Assurance, Visual Basic Enter chat room for this bid request (0 active users at Sep 23, 2003 2:40:09 PM EDT) Description: I have writen a vb6 program which seems to “hang” after several hours use. It seems to be a function of the number of times data is entered into the program through touchscreen(s). It is a restaurant point of sale package which becomes inoperable about 1:am each morning just before closing. Nothing is being done differently then what has happened all day. Sometimes, if I use ctrl+alt+del I can see that the program is “not responding” at which time I can restart the program with no problem. Other times the entire system hangs and I can&'t get to the task manager. Then I power off/on and am able to start the program again. It would seem that I am losing memory but on the other hand it does not seem to matter much if I have 64megs or 256 megs of ram although I do not have conclusive evidence of this. I receive no warning such as “low memory”.. The system runs on Win4.0. SP 6. Although I can network the system to several computers, I am only running one in this case to simplfy my analysis. The .exe program compiles to about 640k There are about 25,000 lines of code, 25 forms, 5 modules. The largest module that is used is about 49K. I use MScommlib.Mscomm1 within Microsoft Comm Control 6.0 to transmit data to the serial ports. I have tried using the NT performance monitor but cannot seem to find any memory degradation. However, I am not an expert on this analytic tool and may not be doing it right. Step 1 I am hoping first to determine that is is or is not a memory loss problem and then to find out what step in the process the loss is coming from. At that point, I would be able to isolate the problem although I may require a coder to perform this function also. I believe that this would call for an expert with NT performance moniter plus my exe program. Although I use touchscreen(s) a mouse will do to. The coder will require NT4.0 . I do not know if this is a realistic approach. Although not necessary, I would prefer to deal with someone in the Rochester, NY area because there are several other programs to be coded which may require one to one meetings. However, please do not let that inhibit you from answering this particuliar request. Deliverables: 1) Determine what is causing the .exe program to "hang" . The results of step one will help determine what needs to be accomplished next which would probably result in future projects with the same coder if he/she is qualified for the next step(s). Platform: win4.0 sp 6.0 vb6 version 8176 Must be 100% finished and received by buyer on: Oct 15, 2002 EDT Deadline legal notes: All times are expressed in the time zone of the site EDT (UT - 5). If the buyer omitted a time, then the deadline is 11:59:59 PM EDT on the indicated date. Remember that contacting the other party outside of the site (by email, phone, etc.) on all business projects < $500 (before the buyer's money is escrowed) is a violation of both the software buyer and seller agreements. We monitor all site activity for such violations and can instantly expel transgressers on the spot, so we thank you in advance for your cooperation. If you notice a violation please help out the site and report it. Thanks for your help.   Bidding/Comments: All monetary amounts on the site are in United States dollars. Rent a Coder is a closed auction, so coders can only see their own bids and comments. Buyers can view every posting made on their bid requests. See all rejected bids (and all comments) Name   Bid Amount    Date   Coder Rating   This bid was accepted by the buyer! Jeffery Crooks (13 ratings) in Virginia Beach, Virginia United States Bid id: 315,382   $125 (USD) Sep 19, 2002 12:27:07 AM EDT  9.76 (Excellent)     Would be happy to help you out. As well as being a VB programmer, I'm also an NT4 system engineer. I'm in Virginia Beach, VA, so at least we are in the same time zone. Let me know if you're interested in having my help you out. (I'm also a night owl, so I'm up at 1:00am) : ) I&'m fairly sure I can find out what&'s causing the application to hang, but if I cannot, I&'ll not expect any payment. Jeffery Crooks Virginia Beach, VA           There are 3 private replies to/from Jeffery Crooks. Click here to view them.