This is like windows task manager, except much more useful:
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.html

One of the things it does is graph individual process memory usage over time.

-David R


On 9/27/05, John Grden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I thought Mike Chambers had an app that did this?  anyone know Mike's
> blog/link to that app?
>
>
> On 9/27/05, Nick Griffiths < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I've been developing a desktop app with flash player 7 that relies on
> > XML for remote method invocation, and I noticed that it was extremely
> > demanding on memory.  To track usage I just used Task Manager with
> > memory usage and VM usage turned on.  A typical method call that
> > returned a bunch of products would use about 2-3mb once the XML had been
> > turned into client side objects.  Even worse, the player would never
> > free the memory used by the XML object.  I think you have to be very
> > careful with scope chains which can cause objects to hang around in the
> > VM a lot longer that you would guess.  If you search this list you'll
> > find some posts where it was talked about.  Try googling it - some one
> > wrote a very good article on how scope chains work, and how they can
> > cause objects to not be garbage collected.
> >
> > Flash Player 8 is incredibly more efficient with memory, and even solved
> > the memory leak I had (It looked like something to do with XML not
> > belonging to the stage - never could pin it down)  Obviously, that is
> > not much use to you.
> >
> > Start using LoadVars perhaps ? :)
> >
> > Tan wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just wonder if anyone has come across the experience of tracking
> > > Flash's memory usage.  I recently started working with a lot of XML
> > > data for Pocket PC device, Flash ran well on the desktop, but it kept
> > > quitting Pocket PC miserably.  I think some of that might have to do
> > > with the limited memory of the device.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > - Tangent
> > >
> > >
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