Randy Troppmann » OS X

Watching trace statements when running Flash content in the browser

Randy — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:08:26 +0000

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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ErrorReportingEnable=1
TraceOutputFileEnable=1
MaxWarnings=0

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

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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.

OSX 10.5.3 breaks Flex debugging

Randy — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:55:26 +0000

I dealt with this with the 10.5.2 update. Apparently the OSX update installs a fresh version of the Flash Player which is not the debugging version. This will disable the ability for Flex Builder to test an application in debug mode. It is a simple fix (I like simple). Simply download the Flash Player with debugger and install it.

lost in translation

Randy — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:47:14 +0000

My website RUNINGMAP.COM was blogged by Michael Surtees which caused a cascade of blogging around the site. The result was a spike in hits especially after a japanese blog posted a writeup. I was curious to read the site and I found this free translation tool on Apple's website.