e_baggg,
You're not the only one. We're experiencing very similar problems.
Our app just keeps gobbling memory until the browser crashes. We've had
to resort to calling dispose() explicitly on every <mx:Image> and bitmap
we ever instantiate, and explicitly calling removeAllChildren() on every
contaniner before navigating away from anything. Helps a little. I'm
going to look in to the link you mentioned. Maybe that will help us a
little more than it has for you (fingers crossed).
Let us all know if you find anything else out.
Blake
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of e_baggg
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:51 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [flexcoders] Memory issues ... garbage collection only running
in IE (not FF or Safari)
So I have an app in production which after 10 minutes of usage began
to perform EXTREMELY slow, and users had to restart the app. (Flex 3)
Windows and Mac...all browsers. I did some Profiling and did not get
far. Whenever I take a Memory Snapshot, gc() is forced and all my
objects are correctly removed from memory. So why are they not gc()'d
in normal runtime?? I know gc() only runs when new memory is requested
and nothing is being drawn/rendered. Both seem to be OK on my side.
I have read extensively all the blogs and Adobe docs regarding this
issue, including the event listener for ENTER_FRAME which calls
System.gc() twice. (http://www.craftymind.com/2008/04/09/kick-
<http://www.craftymind.com/2008/04/09/kick->
starting-the-garbage-collector-in-actionscript-3-with-air/). This
unfortunately did not work for me.
To simplify, I created a simple app that adds and removes RichText
fields. if I create 50 of them, then remove them all, then Add one
back, that *should* force a gc() but it does not. The FF memory always
stays high. I noticed in IE, minimizing the browser window causes a
gc() and my memory drops to a much lower #.
Has anyone seen or come across this? B/c of this issue, we're pretty
much going to lose our customers and try to wing a html/ajax app
ASAP..so I'm scrambling to resolve this.
Thanks in advance for any help.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml
<http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml> "
creationComplete="init()" layout="vertical" >
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import mx.controls.RichTextEditor;
private function removeit():void
{
this.removeChildAt(2);
}
private function doit():void
{
var rte : RichTextEditor = new
RichTextEditor();
rte.width=300;
rte.height=150;
this.addChild(rte);
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:Button click="doit()" label="Add"/>
<mx:Button click="removeit()" label="Remove"/>
</mx:Application>
