I think "undefined" can come from a problem of error string localization.
thomas --- http://www.web-attitude.fr/ msn : [email protected] softphone : sip:[email protected] <sip%[email protected]> téléphone portable : +33601 822 056 2009/7/9 erikdebruin_nl <[email protected]> > > > Hi Thomas, > > Thanks for your patience. > > I wasn't clear about the "undefined": it is not a regular trace() line > (which show up in black in the Console), it is the word "undefined" in RED > and it shows up as the top line of the stack trace dump after the crash, > like this: > > <Console output> > SWF] Presenter_AIR.swf - 2,508,088 bytes after decompression > undefined > at > nl.ixms.app.data::SheetItem/loadFromDbResultHandler()[/{removed}/SheetItem.as:114] > at nl.ixms.db::Db/dbResultHandler()[/{removed}/Db.as:214] > at flash.data::SQLStatement/internalExecute() > at flash.data::SQLStatement/execute() > etc. > </Console output> > > > EdB > > --- In [email protected], thomas parquier <mailingli...@...> > wrote: > > > > I would say the "undefined" trace matches a simple "trace(one_var);" in a > > file which is particular to your offline project (not in shared libs). > > > > To talk again about events based stack overflow, I would put two > surrounding > > "trace" in event handlers to see stacked functions : > > > > > function handlerFunction(e:event):void { > > > trace('handlerFunction for', e.type); > > > // code goes here > > > trace('/handlerFunction for',e.type); > > > } > > > > > > > > thomas > > --- > > http://www.web-attitude.fr/ > > msn : thomas.parqu...@... > > softphone : sip:webattit...@... <sip%3awebattit...@... > > téléphone portable : +33601 822 056 > > > > > > 2009/7/8 Erik de Bruin erikdebr...@... > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Thanks for your swift reply. > > > > > > I did a check to see if what you suggest might be the case, by > > > inserting a trace() in all the event dispatch and handler functions, > > > but nowhere in the chain does this type of recursion occur. > > > > > > I do however see that the entire chain is run dozens of times, while > > > the data structure is build from the data in the database. But this is > > > expected behavior, and the case remains that this code functions > > > flawlessly in the online version (again, build from the same > > > codebase). > > > > > > Any suggestions on how to proceed with debugging, as well as why the > > > stack trace shows a single final line with only the word "undefined" > > > in it, are much apreciated. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > EdB > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:44 PM, thomas > > > parquiermailingli...@... <mailinglists%40web-attitude.fr>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > You may have one type of event (A) handled in a function which > dispatches > > > > another type of event (B) handled in a function which dispatches an > event > > > of > > > > type A. If dispatching occurs before handler functions return you may > get > > > a > > > > stack overflow. > > > > > > > > thomas > > > > --- > > > > http://www.web-attitude.fr/ > > > > > > > msn : thomas.parqu...@...<thomas.parquier%40web-attitude.fr> > > > > softphone : sip:webattit...@... <webattitude%40ekiga.net> > > > > téléphone portable : +33601 822 056 > > > > > > > > > > > > 2009/7/8 erikdebruin_nl <erikdebruin+flexcoders@ > ...<erikdebruin%2Bflexcoders%40gmail.com> > > > > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Hi, > > > >> > > > >> I've Googled me senseless, but I can't find a clue to my latest > problem: > > > >> > > > >> When I run my application in the browser, all is fine. When the same > app > > > >> in AIR (we've build it so the same codebase is shared between on- > and > > > >> offline versions), I get an exception and the last line in the stack > > > trace > > > >> (as shown in the Console) reads "undefined". The error dialog the > player > > > >> throws up (after clicking on the "Resume (F8)" button in the debug > > > >> perspective) tells me a "stack overflow" happened. > > > >> > > > >> The "funny" thing is, when I disable the code that seems to be the > cause > > > >> (taking my clues from the stack trace), the problem remains, but the > > > stack > > > >> trace tells me another line is the problem... and so on and on. > > > >> > > > >> Google tells me that a stack overflow mostly has to do with rampant > > > >> recursion, but my app doesn't use recursion anywhere. It does > however > > > use a > > > >> lot of event chains. Do these count as "recursion"? > > > >> > > > >> What does it mean that the last line of the stack trace reads > > > "undefined"? > > > >> > > > >> Any suggestions about further debugging my problem are very welcome! > > > >> > > > >> Thanks in advance, > > > >> > > > >> EdB > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Ix Multimedia Software > > > > > > Jan Luykenstraat 27 > > > 3521 VB Utrecht > > > > > > T. 06-51952295 > > > I. www.ixsoftware.nl > > > > > > > > > >
