dear steve,
thanks for replying. actually i am trying to open an excel file containing 16 
sheets by the following command
>library(XLConnect)>sheets <- list()>for(i in 1:6) {>sheets[[i]] <- 
>readWorksheetFromFile("DPI.xlsx", sheet=i,region="A1:N1160")>}
and all i m getting is the error i described earlier. my system has a RAM of 
4gb. yes, i have increased the value of Xmx to 1gb. the output of my session 
info isR version 2.15.2 (2012-10-26)
Platform: i386-w64-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)regardselisa

> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:52:44 -0500
> Subject: Re: [R] (no subject)
> From: mailinglist.honey...@gmail.com
> To: eliza_bo...@hotmail.com
> CC: r-help@r-project.org
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Firstly -- please use an informative (non-empty!) subject line in your emails.
> 
> On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 11:54 AM, eliza botto <eliza_bo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear useRs,
> > I am getting following error while using my R java machine.
> >>Error: OutOfMemoryError (Java): Java heap space
> > to get rid of it i used
> >>options( java.parameters = "-Xmx1200m")
> > but unfortunatly its not working....
> > Does anyone ever encountered this error??
> 
> Have you tried increasing your value for Xmx?
> Do you have enough RAM for the value of Xmx you are setting?
> What is the output of your `sessionInfo()`?
> Can you give a brief explanation (code would be helpful) of what you
> are trying to do?
> 
> -steve
> 
> -- 
> Steve Lianoglou
> Graduate Student: Computational Systems Biology
>  | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
>  | Weill Medical College of Cornell University
> Contact Info: http://cbio.mskcc.org/~lianos/contact
                                          
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