Flashbuilder 4 brings machine to screeching HALT!

[ajdove]

I installed Flashbuilder 4 on a new Macbook Pro running Parallels for Windows XP Pro. When I run Flashbuilder 4 it takes a very long time to load is un-usable. The screen and all the toolbars and items do not load correctly and the machine reacts as if there is not enough usable RAM to operate. If, however, I launch Flex 3 it run perfectly! No slow-down, no complications, just a flawless operation. I cannot currently use Flashbuilder 4! Are there any suggestions how to fix the operation of Flashbuilder 4 or settings which can be set to allow better performance?

Thanks

Alex

[Jason San Jose]

Moving thread to Flash Builder forum.

[ajdove]

While other applications still function, even other Adobe products in the Web Premium Suite, my Flashbulder 4 install continues to hang. I can minimize the application and work on other programs, but when I try to work on the new Flex, the screen is nearly white (cream) as the display is not coming up correctly. All the icons are not showing except a few when I roll over them with the mouse then they appear and remain on the screen. The canvas, toolbars, side panels, etc. are all irregular. I am stumped.   Any ideas or suggestions?

I am running this on a Macbook Pro with Parallels and Windows XP Pro. I have 2 GB of RAM dedicated to Windows.

On another Windows laptop I have Web Premium CS5 trial running and the Flashbuilder 4 runs perfectly fine ... hmmmmm

Any thoughts?

Alex

[ajdove]

Should I attempt to uninstall Flashbuilder 4 from the Web Premium install and then re-install Flashbuilder ?

Any ideas?

Alex

[ajdove]

I found that the screen becomes goofy when I am in "Design" mode and not "SOURCE" mode. While is "source" mode the screen and the application behave normally, but when I go to the "design" mode to enable dragging of components from the library on the canvas is when the screen becomes unusable. I tried to use Flashbuilder 4 on a fresh install and creating a new project. Without adding any code and by simply pressing "Design" mode the screen goes blank white.

Any ideas now?

Thanks

Alex

[reidabel]

Upon rereading, I see that my idea was not useful after all ...

[ajdove]

I installed Flash Builder 4 on another computer running Windows 7 and  it works fine.

The installation which has problems running is on a  Windows XPpro computer.

Has anyone else had problems  running Flash Builder 4 on a Windows XP operating system?

Thanks

Alex

[Yukari_Machiyama]

I tried to run the latest Flash Builder standalone build on WinXP in Paralles 5.0 and had no issue with Design mode.  Have you installed plugin build?

[LR_McLister]

Hi Alex,

We haven't seen problems with FB4 on XP.  You are on a VM, right?  How much RAM is allocated to the VM?  Is FB4 installed into a shared directory by any chance?  Are you getting a log entries?

-Larry