Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-02 Thread Muzak
- From: Gregory Boland breakfastcof...@gmail.com To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 5:57 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK] All I can say is that you aren't releasing all of the references to this material that you are trying

RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-02 Thread TS
...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Muzak Sent: Friday, October 02, 2009 5:38 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK] I'd say, keep the loader instance (instead of creating a new one each time) and unload the loader content

Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-02 Thread Muzak
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK] Muzak, I've got that already. function timerHandler(event:TimerEvent):void { trace(this.removeChildAt(0)); // remove loaded swf from display list mLoader.contentLoaderInfo.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onCompleteHandler

Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-01 Thread Ian Thomas
[mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Chris Foster Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:08 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK] Hi T, No solution here, but this might relate to your current problem: http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2008/04

Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-01 Thread Juan Pablo Califano
Every time it reloads however, I watch firefox take away memory consistently and when I refresh that page memory use drops back to normal. First and most important, are you sure it's leak? The fact that Firefox (not even the player itself) doesn't release memory right away doesn't mean

Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-01 Thread Jim Lafser
 if the XML file has nodes with an attribute of id. --- On Thu, 10/1/09, Ian Thomas i...@eirias.net wrote: From: Ian Thomas i...@eirias.net Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK] To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 4:17 AM Just out of interest

RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-01 Thread TS
it drops back to where it was. Thanks, T -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Juan Pablo Califano Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:35 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK

RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-01 Thread TS
Thomas Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 2:18 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK] Just out of interest - why are you recreating the Loader() and re-adding the listeners each time? It should work if you just create the Loader once, add the listeners once - then every time

Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-01 Thread Juan Pablo Califano
it was. Thanks, T -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Juan Pablo Califano Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:35 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK] Every time

RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-01 Thread Kerry Thompson
Juan Pablo Califano wrote: The mere fact that the memory footprint grows doesn't mean there's a leak. Juan Pablo is correct, and it's important to understand why. (If you already understand garbage collection, you need read no further, unless you want to check the accuracy of my description

RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-01 Thread TS
...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Juan Pablo Califano Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:24 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK] I see. But when you refresh the page, the Flash Player instance is tore down, so the player's memory is released. When you reload a stub swf, the memory used

RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-01 Thread TS
: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK] Juan Pablo Califano wrote: The mere fact that the memory footprint grows doesn't mean there's a leak. Juan Pablo is correct, and it's important to understand why. (If you already understand garbage collection, you need read no further, unless you want to check

Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-01 Thread Gregory Boland
the drive is the best way =) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kerry Thompson Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 2:06 PM To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK

RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-01 Thread TS
it in the loader swf? Thanks, T -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Gregory Boland Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:39 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK] TS, what

RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-01 Thread TS
To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK] TS, what is the content that you are loading from this external swf every 30,000 milliseconds? It is feasible that what you are loading is causing the memory of the Flash player to increase? I never saw where you ready the swf itself

Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-10-01 Thread Gregory Boland
-Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Gregory Boland Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:39 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK] TS, what is the content that you

[Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-09-30 Thread TS
Hello, this issue is killing me. I had a swf that loaded an xml file then loaded images from the xml file and then killed the display list, xml, images etc... then restarted based on a timer. Every time it reloads however, I watch firefox take away memory consistently and when I refresh that page

RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-09-30 Thread Chris Foster
: Thursday, 1 October 2009 10:53 AM To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK] Hello, this issue is killing me. I had a swf that loaded an xml file then loaded images from the xml file and then killed the display list, xml, images etc... then restarted based on a timer. Every time

RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-09-30 Thread TS
, September 30, 2009 7:08 PM To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK] Hi T, No solution here, but this might relate to your current problem: http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2008/04/failure_to_unlo.html C: -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun

Re: [Flashcoders] [MEMORY LEAK]

2009-09-30 Thread Karl DeSaulniers
Try removing any listeners associated with that swf before unloading it. It's possible the remaining listeners are still listening. Someone may be able to verify this more than I though. HTH Karl Sent from losPhone On Sep 30, 2009, at 7:53 PM, TS sunnrun...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, this

RE: [Flashcoders] memory leak

2007-09-04 Thread Frank Pepermans
@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] memory leak Hi There, I created a flash projector file to display media on a flat screen. The application loads images and xml and is supposed to loop all day long. However, after each loop the application steals 10 mb in memory more. I deleted all

[Flashcoders] memory leak

2007-09-03 Thread Tom Huynen
Hi There, I created a flash projector file to display media on a flat screen. The application loads images and xml and is supposed to loop all day long. However, after each loop the application steals 10 mb in memory more. I deleted all the movieclips and checked all the vars with the help of a

Re: [Flashcoders] Memory Leak

2006-09-07 Thread Meinte van't Kruis
you should read gskinners' reasearch on this, it's a 3 part story, pretty interesting. http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2006/06/as3_resource_ma.html part 3 describes a way to force the gc to actually execute, for testing purposes. -Meinte On 9/6/06, Michael Trim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[Flashcoders] Memory Leak

2006-09-06 Thread Michael Trim
Can anybody point me in the direction of any more information on this particular bug? http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2006-March/161995.htm l We have implemented a solution that minimizes/maximizes to restore GC but I would like to have a bit more info on why this is

Re: [Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector

2006-03-16 Thread Steve Mathews
http://www.iarsn.com/taskinfo.html On 3/15/06, Darren Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There was also a utility that someone on the team found that would force it to release the memory. But it was Windows only, and we had to support Mac so we ended up taking it out. Do you have a link or a

RE: [Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector

2006-03-15 Thread Mike Mountain
To: 'Flashcoders mailing list' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector I had similar issues and solved it by minimizing/restoring the App via a third party wrapper (SWF Studio in my case) in an Interval. It seems that by doing that the Garbage Collector is forced to run, it´s the same

Re: [Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector

2006-03-15 Thread Steve Mathews
list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector On Feb 25th 2006 Andreas Rønning wrote: This is very serious. The majority of my work is kiosk apps. Any more details on this, official Macromedia stance on it? Future fixes? Does anyone have more information

Re: [Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector

2006-03-15 Thread Darren Cook
There was also a utility that someone on the team found that would force it to release the memory. But it was Windows only, and we had to support Mac so we ended up taking it out. Do you have a link or a name for that utility (I only need to support windows in the current project so that may

Re: [Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector

2006-03-14 Thread Darren Cook
On Feb 25th 2006 Andreas Rønning wrote: This is very serious. The majority of my work is kiosk apps. Any more details on this, official Macromedia stance on it? Future fixes? Does anyone have more information on this? For instance what kind of features or media types or actionscript are causing

Re: [Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector

2006-03-14 Thread Scott Fegette
FYI, I can't speak specifically to either root cause or eventual effect/fix, but this entire thread has been routed to the Player team for triage and consideration (as will any subsequent suggestions/comments that follow fhere). Thanks for bringing it to our attention! -Scott scott fegette

RE: [Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector

2006-03-14 Thread André Goliath
To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector On Feb 25th 2006 Andreas Rønning wrote: This is very serious. The majority of my work is kiosk apps. Any more details on this, official Macromedia stance on it? Future fixes? Does anyone have more information

[Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector

2006-02-24 Thread Joe Cutting
Hello, I think I've found a memory leak in the Flash player on the PC. I made a fairly simple animation (no actionscript) and built a projector and when I run it in a loop the amount of memory needed continues to rise. (as measured using Task Manager). I'm using Flash Player version

Re: [Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector

2006-02-24 Thread Marcelo Volmaro
Well, unless you used a lot of the new FX, i recommend you going back to the v7 player. The v8 has a lot of errors/memory leaks, mostly of them related to the new bitmap engine. I recently had to change a lot of code that takes advantage of the new system to the old one, because a lot of

Re: [Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector

2006-02-24 Thread Andreas Rønning
This is very serious. The majority of my work is kiosk apps. Any more details on this, official Macromedia stance on it? Future fixes? - Andreas Marcelo Volmaro wrote: Well, unless you used a lot of the new FX, i recommend you going back to the v7 player. The v8 has a lot of errors/memory

Re: [Flashcoders] Memory leak in Flash projector

2006-02-24 Thread Marcelo Volmaro
Well, just today i filled 3 bugs reports on memory leaks and things that don´t get drawn correctly, all with test cases. v8 also has problems with the new ExternalInterface under IE, if the object tag is inside a form. Hope someone at Adobe fix all of this... On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:19:03