Reporting memory leaks on shutdown with a console application

Question

I\'ve created a console application and set ReportMemoryLeaksOnShutdown := True.

I\'ve created a TStringList but did not free it.

When the program finishes

Answer 1

The easiest is to simply run the application in a previously opened command window.

If you insist on seeing the memory leak report while running in the IDE, do as follows:

• Locate the ShowMessage procedure in GetMem.inc (line 4856 in Delphi 10 Seattle)
• Place a breakpoint on the end; of that procedure.

Alternatively, as Sertac Akyuz commented, put a break point on the end. of the system unit.

You can also redirect the memory leak report to a file. Download the full version of FastMM from

https://sourceforge.net/projects/fastmm/

or better, thanks to Arioch 'The, from here:

https://github.com/pleriche/FastMM4

and set the needed options in FastMM4Options.inc