Internet Explorer Does Not Perform "Garbage Collection" Promptly (263863)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 for Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows NT 4.0

This article was previously published under Q263863

SYMPTOMS

When you use the default download behavior to download and parse Extensible Markup Language (XML) data (using Digital Dashboard), the memory used by Internet Explorer may grow quickly. You can release this memory by clicking the Refresh button. However, if you leave Digital Dashboard running for many hours or days, the computer may slow down because of a memory shortage.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, use a script written in Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition to programmatically refresh the page. For example:

<script language="vbscript">
sub Refresh()
   top.History.go 0
end sub
</script>

You can call this function with a SetInterval("Refresh()",100000) call. SetInterval sets a timer for the periodic Refresh calls. 100000 is the number of seconds between the two Refresh calls. Set this value according to your own requirements.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/9/2003
Keywords:	kbenv kbprb KB263863