Haha, I would seriously take that bet. You have to listen to what he is saying, xray will trip you out; not only can you control anything in your swf at runtime but you can also view all of its properties. I am new to it so i don't know all it can do but I KNOW it can help you with _height.
V ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Grden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:17 AM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] movieclip._y = textField._height > sure it does (xray) - it has a logger too and it includes a timestamp (which > trace does not) - so, I would say it's actually a bit stronger of a tool for > timing issues ;) > > I got $20 that says he figures out the problem in under 10 minutes with > xray. > > :) > > On 9/28/06, Brian Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> A trap I often fall into when debugging flash is missing the >> obvious. Take >> for example, >> >> > If I put movieclip._y = 60 , it works fine >> > If I put movieclip._y = textField._height , it doesn't work fine.... >> >> and then >> >> > trace(textField._height) prints 60, yes. >> >> then my question would be - did you trace at the same point in time that >> set >> _y? i.e. does your code look like >> >> trace(textField._height); >> movieclip._y = textField._height; >> >> if that prints 60, and the movieclip ends up at 0, then what that means, >> most likely, is that you set it 60, but then set it to 0 somewhere else. >> I've often lost an hour trying to debug similar issues. "It traces out to >> something and I set it to that, but it doesn't work". Well, maybe it did, >> and then some other point of the code changes the _y value. Or you had a >> typo, etc. >> >> Maybe the textField's height is 60 once it has text in it, but you're >> setting the y position before you put in the text. And so on. >> >> Xray is a great tool for inspecting the program's run-time state, but it >> doesn't help as much with debugging timing dependencies. >> >> --Brian >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] >> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >> http://www.figleaf.com >> http://training.figleaf.com >> > > > > -- > [ JPG ] > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com > _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
