See trace() of Flash when running in browser
Solution 1
Download and install the content debugger version of Flash Player.
Enable trace logging (official guide) by adding an mm.cfg file:
ErrorReportingEnable=1
TraceOutputFileEnable=1
Where to save mm.cfg depends on the OS:
- Mac OS X:
/Library/Application Support/Macromedia
- Windows:
%HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%
- Linux:
/home/user name
The log file, flashlog.txt, can be found at:
- Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs
- Windows Vista:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Macromedia\Flash Player\Logs
- Mac OS X:
/Users/username/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/Logs/
- Linux:
/home/username/.macromedia/Flash_Player/Logs/
Optionally, you can install the Firefox add-on FBTracer which displays the trace output in a Firebug panel.
Solution 2
i just use the console.log function (most recent browsers implement it);
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;
public static function log(msg:String, caller:Object = null):void{
var str:String = "";
if(caller){
str = getQualifiedClassName(caller);
str += ":: ";
}
str += msg;
trace(str);
if(ExternalInterface.available){
ExternalInterface.call("console.log", str);
}
}
Solution 3
Check out De Monster's MonsterDebugger. You can debug track objects, traces, and display chains in a lovely AIR application. Very fun to use. And it's open source!
You can also configure Flash and Flex to write to a log file. Check out how to do that here:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=logging_04.html
I've been using Monster lately, but I used to have an alias that ran a unix "tail" on the flashlog file that would effectively give me a logging window for "in browser" tracing:
alias flashlog='tail -f /PATH/TO/flashlog.txt'
Or if you have a log viewer (like Console on Mac OS), you can view the log there. The only reason I suggest these options is that FlashTracer is pretty "crashy" ;)
Solution 4
Vizzy makes life easier if you want a basic logfile viewer. You just install the debug player and then install Vizzy. It is a window that tails the flashlog file. The sweet thing is that is does all the mm.cfg file b.s. for you.
http://code.google.com/p/flash-tracer/
Solution 5
Probably not as fancy as the others or cutting edge, but I used to create my own log function in the flash movie (funnily enough, called log) that called trace and also called a js function on the page (using whatever method your comfortable with). The function on the page was just a simple console.log() with Firebug. Simple and worked a treat.
Robin Rodricks
Updated on March 03, 2020Comments
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Robin Rodricks about 4 years
What's an easy way to see the
trace()
output of Flash/Flex movies when running in any browser?