"Patino" <rkatsanis@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1192218874.527917.128010@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>I have a NET CF application running on Mobile 5. The app tries to read
> a very BIG file (almost 3 Mb) and store its content in a string. I use
> StreamReader to read the file, and stringbuilder to build the string.
> However, at some time during this process I get the error:
>
> at System.PInvoke.EE.FastAllocateString()
> at System.String.GetStringForStringBuilder()
> at System.String.GetStringForStringBuilder()
> at System.Text.StringBuilder.GetNewString()
> at System.Text.StringBuilder.Append()
> at MyProgram.XMLUtils.xmlToString()
> : : :
>
> I've been trying to walk through the code when running this one, but
> somewhere when the Capacity of my string reaches 117158 the code
> freezes.
>
> I need to build that string so that my CF app can upload that string
> to a web service application.
>
> Now, the application runs fine (without errors) some times; other
> times it crashes with the OutOfMemoryException, on both cases using
> the exact same data. The only difference is that: it crashes when the
> app has been running for a while in the PDA. It does not crash if a
> start a new session of the app and go straight to create that string
> to send to the web service.
>
> Any ideas on how I can fix this?
>
> Oh yes, I have added the lines:
> GC.Collect();
> GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
> when I instanciate the form that creates this string......and still
> the thing crashes.
>
> :-(
>

"Patino" wrote:

> I have a NET CF application running on Mobile 5. The app tries to read
> a very BIG file (almost 3 Mb) and store its content in a string. I use
> StreamReader to read the file, and stringbuilder to build the string.
> However, at some time during this process I get the error:
>
> at System.PInvoke.EE.FastAllocateString()
> at System.String.GetStringForStringBuilder()
> at System.String.GetStringForStringBuilder()
> at System.Text.StringBuilder.GetNewString()
> at System.Text.StringBuilder.Append()
> at MyProgram.XMLUtils.xmlToString()
> : : :
>
> I've been trying to walk through the code when running this one, but
> somewhere when the Capacity of my string reaches 117158 the code
> freezes.
>
> I need to build that string so that my CF app can upload that string
> to a web service application.
>
> Now, the application runs fine (without errors) some times; other
> times it crashes with the OutOfMemoryException, on both cases using
> the exact same data. The only difference is that: it crashes when the
> app has been running for a while in the PDA. It does not crash if a
> start a new session of the app and go straight to create that string
> to send to the web service.
>
> Any ideas on how I can fix this?
>
> Oh yes, I have added the lines:
> GC.Collect();
> GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
> when I instanciate the form that creates this string......and still
> the thing crashes.
>
> :-(
>