Debugging Flash has just became easier, thanks to Gregg Wygonik.
Gregg discovers how debug player can log trace() output to a log file. Undocumented for Flash, but documented for Flex…
http://broadcast.artificialcolors.com/2004/04/01.html
It turns out that debug player logs more than just trace() statements, warnings you never see gets logged. Debug player is even intelligent enough to guess a probable case mismatch.
http://broadcast.artificialcolors.com/2004/04/11.html
FlashMagazine covers the story…
http://www.flashmagazine.com/html/962.htm
Gregg starts AFTERTHOUGHT project: A free debug log file tool.
http://broadcast.artificialcolors.com/2004/04/12.html
I’ll be updating this post as things progress… Thanks again Gregg!
April 24 2004 Update:
AFTERTHOUGHT is now in Beta.
http://broadcast.artificialcolors.com/2004/04/24.html
June 23 2004 Update:
AFTERTHOUGHT v1.0 released!
http://broadcast.artificialcolors.com/2004/06/23.html
June 24 2004 Update:
FlashMagazine covers the release…
http://www.flashmagazine.com/html/1005.htm
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Burak thank you a lot for composing all necessary info about Gregg’s great development in just one pack of thesises and links. Your post is so useful!
AFTERTHOUGHT with Flash 8 (and beyond)
http://broadcast.artificialcolors.com/index.php?title=afterthought_with_flash_8_and_beyond&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
http://broadcast.artificialcolors.com/index.php?title=no_trace_output_with_flash_debug_player
Downloaded the Flash Player 9 r28 Debug version today and found that i no longer get any trace() output to my log file.
Matt Chotin:
the location of flashlog.txt might have changed in this release in order to support Vista.
http://www.digitalflipbook.com/archives/2006/11/trace_from_the_1.php
As of Flash Player version 9,0,28,0, Adobe has stopped using the mm.cfg file and changed the location of flashlog.txt.