FlashMX 2004 Debugger not working!

[fireburner69]

I am trying to debug my MovieClips but the debugger is not responce!
I click to debug but in the var window and properties nothing appears?
Any sugestions? Why this can happen?try to re-install the software but again nothing happens!?

 

[FlashDev]

you must set break points for the debugger to work, and even then not all variables you want to see will be listed. basically, the debugger is useless and no one (that i know of) uses it. use trace() to track your variables.

like this:

count = 0;
count = 3;
trace(count);
count = 6;
trace(count);

this is the best and most common way to debug your code.


Philip Keiter
Senior Flash Software Developer
Sphyrras

 

[fireburner69]

But In FlashMX it is used fot these reason right?
Cause I used to check all the vars from there! and it was really useful.
Is that right?

 

[FlashDev]

hmmm. yes, it did work sometimes in Flash MX, so I'd imagine it would work sometimes in Flash MX 2004 as well. but I've learned to live without it, especially since it makes large software apps run painfully slow, which is what i'm usually working on. Sorry, I don't know under what conditions you can get the debugger to work. hopefully someone else here does. if you figure it out, please let us know.

Philip Keiter
Senior Flash Software Developer
Sphyrras