Memory question

[Klaus Hoelscher]

Hello there,

I've got the following problem.

I'm writing 1600 items approx. to a list box.
The items are stored in a text array. The text array is initialised once
and then filled by means of a loop structure.

My problem is: When filling the text array with 1600 items (about 15
characters each)
the system memory will use up to 10 MB. Is there something wrong?

Thanks

Klaus

[Albert.Geven]

Depending on how you do that. Data can be kept in wires, strings are not always cheap in memory, how many copies are present.
A quick calculation shows that 40k should be enough for pointers,length information and pure data. So maybe you can publish your vi to see what happens.