Flex error- White exclamation point in gray circle: What does it mean?
We have a flex app that will typically run for long periods of time (could be days or weeks). When I came in this morning I noticed that the app had stopped running and a white exclamation point in a gray circle was in the center of the app. I found a post about it on the Adobe forums, but no one seems to know exactly what the symbol means so I thought I'd reach out to the SO community.
Adobe forum post: http://forums.adobe.com/message/3087523
Screen shot of the symbol:
Any ideas?
Answer
Here's an answer in the post you linked to from an Adobe employee:
The error you are seeing is the new out of memory notification. It is basically shielding the user when memory usage gets near the system resource cap. The best course of action here (if you own the content) is to check your application for high memory usage and correct the errors. If you don't own the content, it would probably be best to contact the owners and make them aware of the issue you are seeing.
He also says this in a later response:
Developers can use the System.totalMemory property in AS3 to monitor the memory usage that the Flash Player is taking up. This iwll allow you to see how much memory is used, where leaks are and allow you to optimize your content based on this property.