Have you tried using the Flex profiler to help narrow it down?

David Henry wrote:
> Hello again Flex list,
> 
> My team at work has a problem with a memory leak in our application 
> which we have narrowed down to the clock.  We have made a standalone 
> version of our clock to illustrate the problem (flex3 bug maybe?).  Can 
> anyone explain why this AIR app leaks memory and how to fix it?
> 
> Clock.mxml :
> 
>     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
>     <mx:WindowedApplication
>         xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml";
>         layout="absolute"
>         creationComplete="init();"
>      >
>         <mx:Script>
>             <![CDATA[
>            
>                 import flash.utils.Timer;
>                 import flash.events.TimerEvent;
>                
>                 [Bindable]
>                 private var dateAndTime:String;
>                 private var theDate:Date;
>                 private var theTimer:Timer;
>                
>                 private function createTimer():void
>                 {
>                     theTimer = new Timer(1000, 0);
>                     var theEvent:String = TimerEvent.TIMER;
>                     var useCapture:Boolean = false;
>                     var eventPriority:uint = 0;
>                     var useWeakReference:Boolean = true;
>                     theTimer.addEventListener(theEvent, timerListener,
>     useCapture, eventPriority, useWeakReference);
>                     theTimer.start();
>                 }
>                
>                 private function init():void
>                 {
>                     createTimer();
>                 }
>                
>                 private function timerListener(event:TimerEvent):void
>                 {
>                     theDate = new Date();
>                     dateAndTime = theDate.toLocaleString(); //leak seems
>     to happen here.
>                 }
>             ]]>
>         </mx:Script>
>         <mx:Label id="dateAndTimeLBL"
>             text="{dateAndTime}"
>             right="10"
>             top="122"
>             color="#000000"
>              fontSize="28"
>              textAlign="center"
>              width="501"
>          />
>        
>     </mx:WindowedApplication>
> 
> Thanks for your input!
> David

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