Use FireBug to debug your flash!

November 5th, 2009

Found this great little write up on using FireBug (super great tool for Firefox) to display information from flash, just like a trace().

[note] As Matthew pointed out below, there are quite a few better options than this, including FlashTracer(my first choice!) and MonsterDebugger. This is just another one to know about ;D

// Import The ExternalInterface Class
import flash.external.ExternalInterface;

// Call the console.log JavaScript function
// passing it your trace
ExternalInterface.call( "console.log" , "Hey! I'm tracing from Flash!");

Using this, your information will be traced out to the console of Firebug. This is an invaluable technique, as you can save tons of time debugging your application from a live environment, rather than jumping back and forth between flash and testing.

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