Hi Alex, thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm using Flex 2 and image1 is the id for an <mx:image> object. I'll test the minimizing the browser to see if that helps. Looks like I'll have to move on and hope the problem gets fixed in later releases.
Dave --- In [email protected], "Alex Harui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What is image1? What version of Flex? This is a known issue that is > still under investigation but is better in Flex 3. Does the process > memory shrink if you minimize the browser? > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of doepositive > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Browser size keeps growing when I load and image > > > > I fooling around with flex to learn more and I ran into a problem. > I'm trying to schedule a refresh of an image every 30 sec (or so), I > I leave the browser open the IEXPLORER size grows with every load. I > tried cachePolicy="off" > > Here is an example of what I'm doing > > import flash.display.Sprite; > import flash.events.Event; > import flash.events.TimerEvent; > import flash.utils.Timer; > > private function refreshCharts():void { > image1.cachePolicy="off" > image1.load("http:\/\/www.someSite.com/someImgage.gif"); > } > private function ShortTimer():void > { > > // creates a new five-second Timer > var minuteTimer:Timer = new Timer(1000, 150); > > // designates listeners for the interval event and the > completion event > minuteTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTick); > minuteTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, > onTimerComplete); > > // starts the timer ticking > minuteTimer.start(); > } > > private function onTick(evt:TimerEvent):void > { > if(evt.target.currentCount == 150){ > > ShortTimer(); > } > } > public function onTimerComplete(evt:TimerEvent):void > { > refreshCharts();// > ShortTimer(); > > } >
