[wxPython-users] wxPython memory usage

[Andrea Gavana]

Hi Dreas,

> We have an in-house developed Python application using wxPython (running
> on Windows). When launching our application, memory usage according to
> TaskManager is around 35MB. When opening the GUI, memory increases to
> around 50MB. When closing the GUI window, nothing changes. When
> minimizing the GUI however, the memory usage drops to around 3MB! Can
> anyone explain this? If there anything we can change so TaskManager will
> report a lower amount of memory usage when our application is in the tray?

I won't trust Task Manager up to this point: all the Windows
applications behave in this way: run it, you get 18 MB; iconize it,
you get 3.5 MB; maximize it again, you get 7 MB. I am not an expert in
this things, but you may want to take a look here:

http://www.dataaccess.com/kbasepublic/KBPrint.asp?ArticleID=2141

I don't know why Task Manager is designed in this way, but it would be
nice to have a tool that shows you the real RAM usage whether the app
is iconized or not (which shouldn't even matter).

Andrea.

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