Multiple Flex applications

I have a project with about 20 Flex applications. When I
include a single one of them as default application, everything
works well. However, when restarting Flex builder, the framework
includes all of them automatically and runs into a memory overflow
error. The same happens, when I click the gree 'Run' button. Flex
includes all of the applications, although I chose just a single
one on the Project properties/Applications tab and hangs.

Thanks for this information.
#1 is automatic for all MXML applications in the root folder.
You are correct, this did not happen
in previous Beta releases.
Can you tell me, when #2 happens, do you have all the 20
files open for editing (either in the code
editor or the design view)?
Mark Shepherd
FlexBuilder Engineering
Alex Bernhard wrote:
> Hi,
> #1 When you include an a mxml application to the list of
applications via the
> Project / Properties panel, the application icon gets a
green arrow in the
> navigator panel. I usually have a list of many mxml
application with just one
> of them marked with a green arrow and listed in the
Project/Properties/Flex
> Applications tab. Now it happened to me, that, after
moving my project to my
> Laptop, all of the applications have been marked with
that green arrow. This
> never happened with Beta 2.
>
> #2 The memory overflow error was shed by the Java
Runtime,/ Eclipse. I got the
> opportunity to close the workbench or to work further.
There seems to be a
> maxumum possible mxml applications that can be handled
at once.
>
> #3 Eclipse doesn't respond to user inputs anymore and
has to be killed with
> the task manager.
>
> I will try if this only happens, when I move the project
without closing it
> first or if it happens in every case.
>

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