I figured out the problem. flex-tlf has a build.properties file where the jvm.args are set; I¹m not sure why there is a setting in build.xml. The values for the jvm.args were too big for my little machine, so after I scaled them back I was able to build TLF.
Peter On 12/2/14, 9:14 AM, "Subscriptions" <subscripti...@leeburrows.com> wrote: >i've had problems in the past building flex-sdk with java 1.7; i had to >revert to 1.6 to get things working > >worth a try? > >Lee Burrows >ActionScripter > >On 02/12/2014 14:10, Peter Ent wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I normally do everything on a Mac, but I need to re-sync things on my >>Windows machine. I've tried to build flex-tlf and I get an error that >>the Java Virtual Machine could not be created and "Could not reserve >>enough space for object heap". >> >> I edited the build.xml file and changed the value of "compc.jvm.args" >>to "-Xmx2048m" (I tried sizes 512, 768, and 1024 as well). I've done a >>some research and I think the computer has enough memory (8 GB) and is a >>64-bit Windows 7 OS. >> >> I'm not sure what else to do. >> >> I am running java 1.7.0_21 (build 1.7.0_21-b11) >> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.7.0_21-b11, mixed mode) >> >> Thanks, >> Peter Ent >> Adobe Systems >> >> >