Microsoft KB Archive/263863

= Internet Explorer Does Not Perform &quot;Garbage Collection&quot; Promptly =

Article ID: 263863

Article Last Modified on 10/9/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0

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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:  sub Refresh top.History.go 0 end sub You can call this function with a SetInterval(&quot;Refresh&quot;,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.

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