Just wondering if you're aware that you're creating 80 pictures (assuming
that the value board(x) is always greater than 3).

>I am using the following function to copy a board game to the
>clipboard but it is chewing up memory. Can anyone spot an error?
>
>LOCAL FN Clipboard
>  DIM rect;8
>  PICTURE ON (118,38)-(630,450)                     'record a PICT
>  FOR x = 1 TO 80
>   LONG IF board(x) <> 3
>     PICTURE FIELD x,objs$(board(x))
>   END IF
>  NEXT x
>  PICTURE OFF, hndl&                                'PICT for PICTURE
>  LONG IF hndl& > 0                                 'valid handle?
>  scrapHndl&= FN ZEROSCRAP                          'delete contents
>  PICTlen&  = FN GETHANDLESIZE(hndl&)               'size of pict?
>  osErr     = FN HLOCK(hndl&)                       'lock handle
>  LONG IF osErr = _noErr                            'if no error
>  osErr = FN PUTSCRAP(PICTlen&, _"PICT", [hndl&]) :'put on clipbd
>  END IF
>  osErr     = FN HUNLOCK(hndl&)                     'unlock the handle
>  END IF
>  hndl& = 0
>END FN
>
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