This terminology is really difficult. On the Adobe page here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
the one I downloaded is labeled:
Download the Macintosh Flash Player 10 Plugin content debugger (Intel-based
Macs)
Is there any way for a person outside Adobe to get a player that will show
stack tracebacks on unhandled exceptions? Otherwise I guess I can run every
time in the debugger, but that seems like a pain for several reasons.
This is a big change from how the Flash player used to work a few months ago.
Those stack tracebacks are ugly for end users, but they are indispensable for
developers.
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui <aha...@...> wrote:
>
> In Adobe terminology, you are running a debugger player and have or have not
> launched it in a debugger. The main player you get from the Adobe site is a
> "release" player. A "debug" player is internal to Adobe and there is a
> release-debug version build and a debugger-debug build that we use to track
> down nasty bugs in the player.
>
> Only the debugger player will show the dialog when there is an unhandled
> exception. The release player will stop the current code execution and wait
> for the next event.
>
> Unless something recently changed, I believe if you catch an error and trace
> out getStackTrace(), the release player will not show a stacktrace as ti
> doesn't take the time to track that information.
>
> Alex Harui
> Flex SDK Developer
> Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
>
> From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of mitchgrrt
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:05 PM
> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [flexcoders] Re: how to enable stack traceback?
>
>
>
> I'm running the debug version of Flash player, sometimes in the debugger
> and sometimes not. It used to be the case that running the debug
> version of Flash player, even outside the debugger, there was a stack
> trace when there was an unhandled exception. Has that changed?
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "valdhor" <valdhorlists@> wrote:
> >
> > I don't think you can. As I understand it, the production (ie.
> non-debug) player suppresses errors so users don't see them.
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "mitchgrrt" mitch_gart@ wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks, that was really helpful. I'll bookmark those pages.
> > >
> > > Now I see positively that I have the debug Flash player, but I'm
> still not seeing stack tracebacks unless I run in the debugger.
> > >
> > > Any ideas how to set it so I can always see a traceback if there's
> an unhandled exception? Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > > "valdhor" <valdhorlists@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Have you tried
> > > >
> > > >
> http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/flex/3/langref/flash/system/Capabilities.h\
> tml#version<http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/flex/3/langref/flash/system/Capabilities.html#version>
> > > >
> > > > or
> > > >
> > > > http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/155/tn_15507.html
> > > >
> > > > or
> > > >
> > > > http://www.playerversion.com/
> > > >
> > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > > > "mitchgrrt" <mitch_gart@>
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm still having this problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > On the Mac how do I tell what version of the Flash Player I'm
> running?
> > > > > In
> > > > > About This Mac > Software > Applications
> > > > > there is more than one, how do I tell which one I'm running?
> The most
> > > > > recent one I downloaded is this:
> > > > > Flash Player:
> > > > >
> > > > > Version: 10.0.12.36
> > > > > Last Modified: 10/4/08 11:54 PM
> > > > > Kind: Universal
> > > > > Get Info String: Adobe Flash Player 10.0 r12 Copyright (c)
> > > > > 1996-2008 Adobe Macromedia Software LLC. All rights reserved
> > > > > Location: /Applications/Adobe Flex Builder
> > > > > 3/Player/mac/10/mac/Flash Player.app
> > > > > It doesn't say "debug" anywhere, but I use the FlexBuilder
> debugger a
> > > > > lot and the debugger works fine, so I'm pretty sure I'm running
> a debug
> > > > > version. Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In
> > > > > flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > > > > Johannes Nel <johannes.nel@>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > just using the debug player should give you that.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:54 PM, mitchgrrt <mitch_gart@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I've recently changed companies. At my old company in the
> Flex app
> > > > > we were
> > > > > > > developing, whenever there was an unhandled exception we got
> a stack
> > > > > > > traceback in a popup window. At my new company I'm not
> seeing that.
> > > > > I see it
> > > > > > > when running inside the debugger, in the console, but not
> when there
> > > > > is no
> > > > > > > debugger.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'd like to turn on the traceback and see it without the
> debugger.
> > > > > Does
> > > > > > > somebody know how to turn this on? I'm running FlexBuilder 3
> on a
> > > > > Mac.
> > > > > > > Thanks.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > j:pn
> > > > > > \\no comment
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In
> > > > > flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > > > > Johannes Nel <johannes.nel@>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > just using the debug player should give you that.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:54 PM, mitchgrrt mitch_gart@ wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I've recently changed companies. At my old company in the
> Flex app
> > > > > we were
> > > > > > > developing, whenever there was an unhandled exception we got
> a stack
> > > > > > > traceback in a popup window. At my new company I'm not
> seeing that.
> > > > > I see it
> > > > > > > when running inside the debugger, in the console, but not
> when there
> > > > > is no
> > > > > > > debugger.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'd like to turn on the traceback and see it without the
> debugger.
> > > > > Does
> > > > > > > somebody know how to turn this on? I'm running FlexBuilder 3
> on a
> > > > > Mac.
> > > > > > > Thanks.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > j:pn
> > > > > > \\no comment
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
