FlowDocument Memory Issue in C#

Question

I am currently attempting to deal with an issue with releasing a FlowDocument resources. I am loading an rtf file and putting it into a FlowDocument with TextRange.Load. I n

Answer 1

If I've confirmed that there's a memory leak, here's what I would do to debug the problem.

1. Install Debugging Tools for Windows from http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/installx86.mspx#a
2. Fire up Windbg from the installation directory.
3. Launch your application and do the operations that leak memory.
4. Attach Windbg to your application (F6).
5. Type .loadby sos mscorwks
6. Type !dumpheap -type FlowDocument
7. Check the result of the above command. If you see multiple FlowDocuments, for each value of the first column (which contains the address), do

Type !gcroot

That should show you who's holding on to the reference.