WebBrowser node incorrectly disposed

[Dan Garner]

We have 3 websites that display on a TV and each time the page moves to the next html page the ram usage goes up. I've been reading about a memory leak using PNG files but I don't think this has to do with that. anyone have any ideas?

[Dan Garner (dangarner)]

Binaries that contain this fix: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/353651/XiboClient-1.0.7-test.zip

[Kevin J. Scott (k-scott)]

Not sure if this is the right way to use the download link, but I just deleted the contents of my c:\program files\xibo player folder and unzipped the test zip into that same directory...then double clicked xiboclient.exe.

I'm still seeing the memory growth.

..Kev

[Dan Garner (dangarner)]

Kev, your procedure is correct... for some reason the Garbage Collector just didn't feel the need to release the memory....

I have manually called GC.collect() and it now seems to be working for me... same link if you would care to try again

Cheers

[Dan Garner (dangarner)]

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Woodstock&state=IL&site=LOT&textField1=42.3107&textField2=-88.4367 still leaks memory

[Dan Garner (dangarner)]

Tried a few things... in particular suggestion from mike_t2e here http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ieextensiondevelopment/thread/88c21427-e765-46e8-833d-6021ef79e0c8

Seems to have slowed down the leak - but it is still there.

The WebBrowser control definitely doesn't leak all the time - only when displaying certain pages.

I am open to any suggestions!

[Alex Harrington (alexharrington)]

http://code.google.com/p/berkelium-sharp/

Would be nice as then both clients would be using the same embedding technology.

[Alex Harrington (alexharrington)]

http://www.luminance.org/code/2010/02/21/a-managed-webkit-library-berkeliumsharp

Blog post that gives a little more info on Berkelium Sharp.

[Alex Harrington (alexharrington)]

Will close this and replace with https://blueprints.launchpad.net/xibo/+spec/netclient-berkelium-sharp as there is no fix possible while using the IE WebBrowser control

[max (maxozilla)]

Just to confirm I am also having this problem - Xibo freezes and Windows says it's run out of virtual memory. Pretty much making Xibo unusable at the moment :-(

We do use an embedded web page - showing TFL tube status, which is pretty awesome - so it will be a shame if we have to remove it. How difficult would it be to use Berkelium instead?

[Alex Harrington (alexharrington)]

Probably not that hard - but it would break people using non-Flash plugins probably so so Windows Media Player and no VLC plugin which would be a big problem for alot of people.

Hopefully Microsoft might finally fix this leak at some point. We live in hope!

[Dan Garner (dangarner)]

Somebody was looking at a Berkelium module but I do not know how far they
got with it. It would be nice to offer both however there are other things
on the development list that are also demanding some attention.