Showing Errors

[ToddWW]

I'm using Flash 8 and Actionscript 2 and I am fairly new to this programming. What I did notice, on my system, is the lack of errors. For example, if I try to apply a method to an object that doesn't exist, I don't get an error. It just ignores the line of code. But I do get syntax errors if the code is written incorrectly.

For example.

_root.mcBigMovieClip.mcSmallMovieClip.attachMovie("someSymbol","someNewName",numIndex);

If mcBigMovieClip doesn't exist, shouldn't that display an error ?

ToddWW

 

[kennethkawamoto]

That's one of the places where Flash is less powerful than, say, Director - Director will spits error if an object does not exist but Flash silently fails. You just need to learn debug yourself with "trace()" and debugger etc.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk