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Watching trace statements when running Flash content in the browser

April 2nd, 2009 Randy Leave a comment Go to comments

As Flash and Flex applications get more complex the ability to watch trace statements while running the application in a browser is invaluable. This is how I do it (in OSX):

1) find your mm.cfg file. Mine is located here: ~username/mm.cfg (substitute "username" with your real username)

2) open it in a text editor and add these lines:

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  1. ErrorReportingEnable=1
  2. TraceOutputFileEnable=1
  3. MaxWarnings=0

3) open a terminal window and add this to your .profile file.

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  1. alias trace=tail\ -f\ "/Users/username/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash\ Player/Logs/flashLog.txt"

To watch your browser throw trace statements, just open a terminal window and type "trace" and they will now appear in the terminal window.

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  1. Riccardo Bartoli
    April 2nd, 2009 at 18:34 | #1
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    Or you can use Flash Tracer Firefox plugin or a debugger/logger like DeMonsterDebugger or Arthropod.

    Cheers

  2. Chad
    May 18th, 2009 at 12:14 | #2
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    Very cool approach to this! I use ServiceCapture: http://www.kevinlangdon.com/serviceCapture/

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