How to enable Flash debugger?

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Haven't been able to find the solution to this anywhere.

I installed the Flash debugger projector from http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html but the debugger still does not run when I debug a SWF (with debugging enabled) in Flash Pro CS5.

Anyone have an idea of what's going on?

Thanks for any help.

Chris

When yo say you debug a SWF in Flash Pro CS5, do you mean you have the ActionScript source code for the project, and select the Debug command in Flash CS5, or do you only have the SWF, no source code, as Soulseekah is talking about in his answer? — Lars Blåsjö
Sorry, I should have been clearer. I'm trying to get the debugger projector to run my SF from Flash Pro CS5, as it has some extra options. — Heckflosse_230

soulseekah soulseekah · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-15T07:36:53

I don't think you can debug SWF, since they do not contain ActionScript code. You can, however get traces from the SWF into a file if you enable TraceOutputFileEnable=1 in the .cfg file. More information that may help here: http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/207/1/Trace-and-debug-ActionScript-from-your-browser/Page1.html and here http://fatlinesofcode.philipandrews.org/2009/03/28/actionscript-debugging-within-the-browser/

Also check out this FireFox plugin: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashtracer/

Another option is to Begin Remote Debug Session in Flash IDE. The traces will appear in the Output window of the IDE, when the SWF is open in the browser.

If you have access to the code, you can try De MonsterDebugger (it will require implementation of its classes inside the SWF though) http://demonsterdebugger.com/

How to enable Flash debugger?

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