Flex Profiler - Alternative?
Question
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Is there an alternative (free) tool for profiling flex applications that will show things like memory use, function calls, execution times, object allocations, etc?


Background
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Flex has a built-in profiler but it requires a Premium license.  At work, we currently have standard licenses.  We will upgrade to premium but that process will take months.  This week, there is an immediate need to improve performance and eliminate bottlenecks and memory issues.

We've done as much as we can "by hand," refactoring code to use weak references, instantiate fewer objects, remove nested containers and a handful of other tweaks.  Things are still a bit slow so we are at the point where we REALLY need a profiler.  

Summary
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After a lot of Googling, all results point to the built-in flex profiler.  Surely, there is an open source or free alternative that we can download, immediately.  Even a SWF profiler, intended for Flash, would probably do the trick.  Any recommendations are appreciated!
Flex Profiler - Alternative?
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Question
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Is there an alternative (free) tool for profiling flex applications that will show things like memory use, function calls, execution times, object allocations, etc?


Background
---
Flex has a built-in profiler but it requires a Premium license.  At work, we currently have standard licenses.  We will upgrade to premium but that process will take months.  This week, there is an immediate need to improve performance and eliminate bottlenecks and memory issues.

We've done as much as we can "by hand," refactoring code to use weak references, instantiate fewer objects, remove nested containers and a handful of other tweaks.  Things are still a bit slow so we are at the point where we REALLY need a profiler.  

Summary
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After a lot of Googling, all results point to the built-in flex profiler.  Surely, there is an open source or free alternative that we can download, immediately.  Even a SWF profiler, intended for Flash, would probably do the trick.  Any recommendations are appreciated!