FB 4.5 on Windows 7, "The process cannot access the file because its being used by another process)

[jdrx]

Hi there,

I just installed the Flas Builder 4.5 try out on mij development machine. When working on a project I get a lot of the same error:

The process cannot access the file because its being used by another process

It is the SWF file in the bin debug folder

I never had this problem on the same machine running Windows 7 with FB 4.1 and with the same (albeit not yet converted) project.

Now I have to clean the project everytome before running it.

Any tips?

Thanks

[jdrx]

Am I the only one with this problem?

[Drew_Pierce-I3eiUX]

any chance you are not closing down browser windows that

were launched during debug and that they have the swf open.

a) which browser

b) OS: 32 bit or 64 bit

c) which FP version

d) did you install the FP debug version

i have never run into this with 4, burrito, 4.5 on W7 64bit

[jdrx]

Hi there,

First let me say thanks for your reply.

Answers to your questions.

a: I'm developing a AIR application

b: 32bits Windows 7

c: Does the FP version have any infuence when developing for AIR?

d: nope.

I have a very clean installation of Windows 7 (32bits) with just a few other programs installed.

FB 4.0

FB 4.5

Fireworks

and some tools (FTP client, Xnview)

Thanks

[Anirudh Sasikumar]

Are any of your output SWFs being loaded by other SWFs (in other projects?)

What does your project structure look like? Are there library projects? Is the output folder of any project set as the source folder of the other?

[jdrx]

Hi there,

Thanks for looking into this.

I just have 1 project in Flash Builder to check why this happens. So no other projects accessing the SWF.

The task manager (as you suggested does not even list the file). I also checked with Process Explorer but it did not show the SWF.

The problem starts like within an hour working in FB. I need to clean everytime before running.

Also, and this is very annoying, the F3 functionality (Open Declaration) witch I use a lot stops working.

Thanks.

[jdrx]

So,

I installed FB 4.5 on a new machine with Windows 7. No other programs installed or running.

Same problems as described above. Need to clean the project before running to see the changes I make. FB 4.5 is a very buggy product...

[EraserXX]

I had the same problem.  Seems that the debug launcher is not closing properly all the time.  Follow these steps:

1. Right Click Taskbar -- Task Manager
2. Performance Tab --  Resource Monitor
3. Overview Tab
4. CPU column - Click to sort Image ascending
5. If ADL.exe is listed, right click - end process

[rmtBruce]

I've just had a similar problem

Windows 7.

Flash Builder 4.5, using the Flex 4.1 sdk to compile a set of projects.

Been working fine for a long time.

Just swapped over to using Flex 4.5.1 SDK and now I can build once - the first time I open Flash Builder.

But any subsequent attempts to do a clean build fail, because Flash Builder can't delete the swc files it generated itself. If you look at the file in windows it says its being used by FlashBuilder.

Now I have to restart FlashBuilder just to do a clean build.

Very underwhelming.

Unfortunately the previous post doesn't help me. I'm not doing any debugging, I'm just going Project->Clean. Success. Project->Clean. Fail.

[Anirudh Sasikumar]

rmtBruce,

The SDK team had fixed a similar problem https://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-28716

Looks like your project has something special which the above fix does not address.

Would it be possible to share your project with us? Without it, this will be hard to nail down.

Let me know and if you're willing, I'll PM you my email address.

-Anirudh

[Anirudh Sasikumar]

Go to task manager -> Performance -> Resource Monitor -> Disk and files. You should be able to see which process is accessing the SWF file.

-Anirudh