C O O L P A G E H E L P . C O M - The Official Help Website for Cool Page Users

What is Memory?

There are at least 2 basic kinds of memory in Windows:
System Memory and System Resources (Virtual Memory).

System Memory refers to RAM (Random Access Memory). This is a piece of hardware inside the computer with a memory chip.

System Resources (Virtual Memory) refers to a section of the hard drive that Windows uses to temporarily store information needed by programs in use.

Understanding Memory

When a program is started, it partially loads into RAM. If there is not enough RAM available to load the program or perform tasks in the program, Windows automatically uses a section of the hard drive serving as temporary memory.

After a program is closed, the memory it was using is supposed to free again. Some programs are coded in such a way so as to not release the memory they were using. These programs can reduce the performance of the computer.

Some programs, when running, leak memory.

Memory Leak

A bug in a program that prevents it from freeing up memory that it no longer needs. As a result, the program grabs more and more memory until it finally crashes because there is no more memory left, or it causes other programs to crash.

Memory leaking programs, those programs that do not free up the memory that they were using when you close them, can interfere with the smooth operation of Cool Page.

Cool Page is coded in such a way as to be able to detect if your computer memory is too low, giving you an opportunity to avoid a crash. Each release of Cool Page is tested with a memory leak detection debugger and has NO MEMORY LEAKS thus far! Cool Page
is "Leak Proof".

Memory and Cool Page

Cool Page will "sleep" if either of these types of memory are too low. So just because you have a lot of free hard disk space and RAM, does not mean you have a lot of free system resources. It only takes one poorly written program with a single repetitive memory leak to slowly eat away at your system resources. The longer your computer is on and the more poorly written programs you run, the worse the problem can get, until you eventually have to restart your computer.
(or Windows will crash for you)

Low Memory Warning

On some computers, when using Cool Page, you may receive a warning message from Cool Page that looks something like this:

2. Empty the Recycle Bin. These files are kept in memory, using up free resources until they are deleted.

3. Delete unneeded files on the hard drive such as the contents of the Temp folder and Temporary Internet Files.

After the Cool Page Low memory Warning is gone, save your current page and close Cool Page. Restart your computer, open Cool Page and continue where you left off.

Windows NT/2000/XP

Windows NT/2000 Systems manage memory a bit differently than Windows 95/98 based operating systems. Cool Page works on all Windows operating systems.

The same principles above apply to these operation systems. They are subject to memory leaking programs and low memory warnings.

Some of these operating systems have built in memory diagnostic tools. Consult the Windows Help of your operating system to learn about them and search at Windows Support Website.

Memory and Large Text Boxes

Cool Page is capable of making pages with a lot of text. A page with a lot of text, in ONE VERY LARGE text box, is not recommended as one very large text box will require more system memory than several smaller text boxes.

It is suggested that you use several text boxes rather than one large text box and/or split up one large page into several smaller pages and link them to each other.

Note: One very large text box is not the cause of low memory warnings or errors. See above.