HEAP size allocation in VC++ 6.0 environment

[nikhiljoglekar]

Hi All

My program needs a lot of memory and after allocating some using NEW statement, it returns NULL for any new object created. I guess that is becuase of the heap size limitation of the Visual Studio which stands at 1MB. I need to increase it. One option I found was to set /HEAP:memory in the Link options of project setting. Bur it didn't seem to work. I am getting same problem again.
Dows anybody has a opinion about this.

regards
Nikhil

 

[claganga]

Yeah don't use the new operator...

How large of a chunk of memory are you looking for? Is it for holding objects or data? The three ways I'd go for is:

1)Create and use a custom heap
2)Use Virtual memory
3)Use memory mapped files

All depends on what exactly you're using it for.